PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Validity is a leading international legal advocacy organisation promoting the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with psychosocial disabilities worldwide.
We use legal strategies to promote, protect and defend the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with psychosocial disabilities. We push for reforms that promote justice and inclusion. We take action in the courts – national and international. And we call for accountability for duty-bearers.
We won’t stop until we achieve inclusion for all.
News
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Ensuring Charter Compliance : Keys findings and lessons learnt from the FURI project
As the European Union enters critical negotiations for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework, the FURI project is coming to an end after revealing widespread non-compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights in EU-funded projects. Launched in Spring 2024, the project aimed to strengthen the capacity of relevant stakeholders at both EU and national levels to…
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Three countries, three submissions: Validity contributes to the work of the UN Human Rights Committee concerning Czechia, Hungary and Moldova
Between December 2025 and February 2026, Validity submitted three written contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the ‘Committee’) ahead of its 145th session, scheduled to take place from 2 to 19 March 2026. During the session, the Committee will consider the fourth periodic report of the Republic of Moldova, and is expected to…
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The right to be heard of a woman with disabilities is reinforced by the European Court
On 9 December 2025, the European Court of Human Rights delivered an important judgment in the case of H.H. v. Finland regarding the right to an oral hearing in legal cases challenging involuntary psychiatric commitment and treatments imposed without the person’s consent. The case involved a 52-year-old woman with psychosocial disabilities who was involuntarily placed multiple times in a psychiatric hospital in Finland. The applicant appealed each commitment decision in the…
Our Work
Validity is an international non-governmental organisation which uses the law to secure equality, inclusion and justice for persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with psychosocial disabilities worldwide.
WE ARE LOCAL AND GLOBAL
Validity is a dynamic community of persons with disabilities, legal professionals and volunteers brought together by a desire to reverse injustice and segregation faced by persons with disabilities worldwide.
Our Priorities
Validity focuses on tackling the most widespread and systematic human rights violations faced by persons with disabilities worldwide, to support their autonomy, inclusion and active participation in society.
THE LEGACY OF GÁBOR GOMBOS
Gábor Gombos was an outstanding advocate of the Hungarian and international disability movement and a survivor of psychiatry. He was a world-renowned independent disability rights defender.
