Promoting the rights of Children with disabilities innocenti digest no

light for the world
Darnautgasse 13/5, A 1120 Vienna, Austria
Tel: [phone]
Websites: www.light-for-the-world.org;
www.licht-fuer-die-welt.at (German)
Light for the World - Christoffel Development 
Cooperation is an Austrian non-governmental 
development organization committed to helping 
people who have eye diseases, are blind or have 
other disabilities in underprivileged regions, 
irrespective of gender, origin, ethnicity or religion.

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Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities
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mental disability rights international
156 15th Street NW, Suite 1001 Washington, DC 
20005, USA
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]; Website: www.mdri.org/
Established in 1993 as a joint project of the Bazelon 
Center for Mental Health Law and American 
University's Center for Human Rights and 
Humanitarian Law, MDRI documents conditions, 
publishes reports on human rights enforcement 
and promotes international oversight of the rights 
of people with mental disabilities. Drawing on the 
skills and experience of attorneys, mental health 
professionals, human rights advocates, people with 
mental disabilities and their family members, MDRI 
trains and supports advocates seeking legal and 
service system reform and assists governments to 
develop laws and policies to promote community 
integration and human rights enforcement for people 
with mental disabilities. 
nad 
(Norwegian Association for the Disabled)
PO Box 9217, Gronland, N0134, Norway
Websites: http://www.atlas-alliansen.no/index.
asp?id=26120 (English); www.atlas-alliansen.no
The Atlas Alliance is the umbrella organization for the 
development work of disabled people’s organizations 
(DPOs) in Norway. It consists of 14 member organiza-
tions and two affiliated organizations.