A/HRC/34/59 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 January 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism pursuant to Council resolution 28/6. In her report the Independent Expert provides a brief account of activities undertaken in fulfilment of the mandate in 2016. She also discusses witchcraft as a root cause of attacks against persons with albinism, the impact of witchcraft on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism and ways forward. GE.17-00339(E) 

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