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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Statement of the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization on adoption of the Global Charter on Care Reform for Children
The Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GC-DI) welcomes the new Global Charter on Care Reform for Children, initiated by David Lammy (former UK Foreign Secretary, now Deputy Prime Minister) which brings focus and attention to the crisis caused by the institutionalization of children, with children with disabilities being disproportionately affected. We welcome that the Charter reaffirms…
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Committee of Ministers calls on Hungary to implement Validity Foundation on behalf of T.J. v. Hungary judgment of the European Court
In October 2024, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a groundbreaking judgment against Hungary. It found that Hungary had violated the right to life of a woman with disabilities who had lived for a long term locked in the notorious Topház institution – one of many across the country where over an estimated 22,000…
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FURI Workshop on Disability in EU Funding
Date: 30 October 2025Time: 9:30–13:00Place: Rue de l’Industrie 10, 1000 Brussels Captioning in English will be provided! The FURI (European Funds for Fundamental Rights) project works to strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to monitor the use of EU funds. FURI advocates that EU funding needs to comply with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. In…
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.
