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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Zambia’s Historic First: Legal capacity Communication submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
On 21 August 2025, The Validity Foundation, together with the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) and Disability Rights Watch (DRW) with the technical support of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), have submitted a landmark communication to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission).…
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Access to justice and to an effective remedy are crucial for children with disabilities
Without access to justice and to an effective remedy children with disabilities are often forgotten about, institutionalised and ill-treated. In the case of V.I. v. The Republic of Moldova, Validity convincingly argued before the European Court of Human Rights that the denial of access to justice for children with disabilities is rarely an individual violation…
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Validity Contributes to ACERWC Special Rapporteur’s forthcoming Guidance Note to State parties to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
On 10 June 2025, Validity submitted a written submission to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in response to the Call for Submissions by ACERWC Special Rapporteur on Birth Registration, Name and Nationality in Africa. The submission highlights key challenges and opportunities related to the digitalisation of…
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.
