| Description: | Engage in strategic advocacy with Disability Rights International to promote the de-institutionalization and full community integration of persons with intellectual and psycho-social disabilities in Mexico. Visit/monitor institutions in Mexico City; work with Mexico City Human Rights Commission on creation of pilot program for community integration; prepare for eventual litigation and promotional work before the Inter-American Human Rights system. Engagement in Mexico City; Washington; and Buffalo, N.Y. |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Tara Melish, Associate Professor and Director, Buffalo Human Rights Center |
| Unit: | Law School |
| Department: | Law School |
| City: | Washington |
| State: | DC |
| Country: | United States |
| External Funding: | Yes |
| Funding Source: | Disability Rights International (and its funders) |
| Start Date: | 2015 |
| End Date: | active |
| External Partners: | Disability Rights International; Mexico City Human Rights Commission |
| Are UB students involved? | No |
