Validity Foundation

We use the law to advance the rights of people with disabilities worldwide.

[African Disability Forum (ADF) @ADFSecretariat]

Join the @ACHPR, the African Disability Forum (ADF), and partners: @IDA_CRPD_Forum , @ICJ_Africa , @Sightsavers , @LftWKE , @AfricaDiwa , & other allies,  on the margins of the 85th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR for a side event on the African Disability Protocol (ADP). 1/2

[International Disability Alliance (IDA) @IDA_CRPD_Forum]

🔔 Join us for an important conversation on international cooperation and deinstitutionalization!

As part of the ‘From Words to Practice’ webinar series by the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GCDI) on UN Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies, IDA is hosting a thematic workshop on international cooperation.

📅 Date: Thursday, 26 June 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00–4:00 PM CET
📍 Where: Zoom
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/xqgImw8ol6

Accessibility features include:
✅ International Sign
✅ Closed Captioning
✅ Spanish Translation

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

ENIL and Validity welcome the UN CRPD Committee’s recommendations, which reflect the concerns raised in our shadow reports and represent an important step toward strengthening the rights of persons with disabilities across the EU.

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

On our way to the Civil Society Forum taking place before #GDS2025 starts tomorrow. Our advocacy priorities: 1. Get independent living & #deinstitutionalization on the agenda, 2. Legal capacity for all, 3. Leadership of persons with #psychosocial & #intellectual disabilities.

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

An important new study from Prof Gerard Quinn, looking at the need for enhanced investigations of the deaths of people with disabilities worldwide, and the reasons why states must take far greater steps to deal with structural discrimination.

[International Disability Alliance (IDA) @IDA_CRPD_Forum]

📢Just launched: IDA's global study 📖, authored by Gerard Quinn (@SR_Disability), reveals systemic failures behind the preventable, premature deaths of persons with disabilities. It's time to confront these deep-rooted inequalities.

🔗Read this landmark study to explore key findings and recommendations for urgent action: https://t.co/WIh2bO7GTJ

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

Let's get #independentliving, #communityinclusion and #deinstitutionalisation on the agenda of the @GDS_Disability in Berlin next week! People with psychosocial disabilities must be at the table in all development programming #GDS2025 #CRPD @TCI_Global

[TCI-Global @TCI_Global]

📢 Call to Action for GDS 2025! 📢
As GDS 2025 approaches, TCI, along with its partners and members, have developed a consolidated statement calling for concrete actions around key issues concerning our movement.

Read the full statement here: https://t.co/oGiOphcKr6

#GDS2025

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

Topic: the role of regional and global coalitions in ensuring that the process of ending institutionalisation of persons with disabilities and ensuring the right to independent living is led by survivors and their experiences.

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

During the 2025 Global Disability Summit, the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GC-DI) is organising a Fireside chat

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

Let's get #deinstitutionalization and the leadership of #survivors to the top of the agenda of the #GlobalDisabilitySummit 💪🏽 #GDS2025

[Sara Rocha @Sara_R_Rocha]

On #IWD, I want to share with you a report I wrote for @ValidityNGO on their project examining violence against women with disabilities, access to justice and support services in the EU. Amazing project by Validity and partners! https://t.co/e0SzBkPxPE

[ECHR CEDH @ECHR_CEDH]

Judgment I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova - allegations by intellectually disabled woman of labour exploitation and sexual abuse after she had been taken out of State care
https://t.co/PkkuP9snBm
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

LANDMARK RULING: European Court Finds Moldova Failed to Prevent Disability Servitude: In a legal first, the #ECtHR found violation of Art. 4 in respect of our client I.C., who was "placed" in a family under guise of #DI, where she was horrifically abused. https://t.co/X2feR6qmMv

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

Victor was only 15 when he was placed in an abusive psych hospital in #Moldova. As a child with a #disability, he should have received support . This year, he achieved justice. Watch Victor's testimony. Support our seasonal appeal: https://t.co/PuzCpAqTMX https://t.co/QzUW3eGfji

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

#ERDS2024: Closing session of the summit, being addressed by Hannelore Loskill, Chairwoman of the Speakers' Council of the #German #Disability Council; and a message from HRH Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein @miredraad of #Jordan: "We must up the ante in advance of #GDS2025!"

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

The European Regional Disability Summit #ERDS2024 is kicking off in Berlin. The agenda will focus on Inclusive Development and Humanitarian Action. @ValidityNGO joins civil society in #Europe to call for disability-rights grounded response and recovery #CRPD

[Validity Foundation @ValidityNGO]

#ERDS2024: Gunta Anca, VP of @MyEDF, describing key outcomes of the summit: (1) Mainstreaming #disability in international cooperation, respecting specific needs of persons with disabilities; (2) #independentliving and #deinstitutionalisation, and (3) Participation & support #OPD

[European Disability Forum @MyEDF]

.@Sara_R_Rocha shares the stories of forcibly sterilised women.

"I can't imagine having my dream of motherhood and choice taken away from me"

We call on the EU and its leaders @vonderleyen @EP_President @eucopresident to #EndForcedSterilisation: https://t.co/mE0GCeNmD0

[Sara Rocha @Sara_R_Rocha]

No women should be deprived of becoming a mother if it's their dream! We need to #EndForcedSterilisation!