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Shocking ill-treatment in Tophaz Institution. Photo credit: Validity Foundation

‘Urgently close Topház’ – says the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

18 February 2020, Budapest. Last week the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) published its Concluding Observations for Hungary. CRC Committee, Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Hungary, (10 February 2020), para 30 In November 2018, the CRC Committee requested the… Read More

All children have the right to family – joint position statement

All children have the right to family life, yet children with disabilities are disproportionately deprived of this right. The reasons are multiple, including the lack of practical and financial support to families with children with disabilities, governments failing to invest in community-based services, and a strong push by professionals to… Read More