A/HRC/31/63
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 January 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
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 first
report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with
albinism, Ikponwosa Ero, prepared pursuant to Council resolution 28/6. In the report, the
Independent Expert presents a number of reflections on the situation of the enjoyment of
human rights by persons with albinism as well as on her vision for her work as Independent
Expert, including how she intends to fulfill the requirements of her mandate and the issues
she wishes to address as a matter of priority.
GE.16-00616(E)
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