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Este informe documenta violaciones graves y generalizadas a los derechos humanos de niñas, niños adolescentes y adultos con discapacidad en México. Los tratos inhumanos y degradantes, así como prácticas que equivalen a tortura son comunes en los orfanatos, las instituciones psiquiátricas, los centros de asistencia social y los albergues para personas con discapacidad en todo el país. Lee la versión accesible aquí.
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This report documents severe and pervasive human rights violations against children and adults with disabilities in Mexico. Within the country’s orphanages, psychiatric facilities, social care homes, and shelters for people with disabilities, inhumane and degrading treatment is common and many practices amount to torture. Read the accessible text here.
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Introducción
Disability Rights International (DRI) llevó a cabo dos investigaciones en Baja California, México –la primera en noviembre de 2018 y la segunda en febrero de 2019. La Comisión Estatal de los Derechos Humanos de Baja California (CEDH) acompañó a DRI en visitas a cuatro instituciones privadas en las que se encuentran niñas, niños, adolescentes y personas –incluidas personas migrantes– con discapacidad. En estas instituciones DRI documentó casos de tortura y abusos tales como el uso de sujeciones prolongadas y cuartos de aislamiento. DRI encontró particularmente preocupante la…
Introduction
Disability Rights International (DRI) carried out two investigation trips to Baja California, Mexico, in November 2018 and February 2019. DRI was accompanied by the Human Rights Commission of the Mexican State of Baja California (CEDH) and visited four residential, private institutions for children and adults – including migrants - with disabilities. In these institutions DRI found grave instances of torture and abuse, including use of prolonged restraints and isolation rooms. Particularly worrying was the high death rate of children with disabilities at an institution near…
This report from Disability Rights International (DRI) outlines the findings from a two-year investigation into the treatment of children and adults with mental disabilities in Mexico City, particularly those in the care of state-funded and private residential facilities. “Despite the fact that they have committed no crime, children and adults with disabilities are locked up and segregated from society,” says the report. Furthermore, the investigation uncovered egregious abuses at many institutions in the city, including those in which children are placed in cages or permanent restraints.…
This report is the product of a year-long investigation and collaboration between Disability Rights International (DRI) and the Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH). From August 2009 through September 2010, DRI and the CMDPDH investigated psychiatric institutions, orphanages, shelters, and other public facilities that house children and adults with disabilities. This report documents violations of the rights of people with disabilities under the new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (…