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) *1600616*

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