The 21st Century and the Shame of Persistent Institutionalisation

In a moving speech delivered on 28 August at UN headquarters in Geneva, Dr Amalia Gamio, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, highlighted a worrying reality: the lack of implementation of deinstitutionalisation guidelines by member states. Despite significant efforts by people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, their organisations, and various […]