Preliminary survey on the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2016, para. 63
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Various authors have pointed out the connection between poverty and witchcraft and stressed that people with albinism in various parts of Africa experience attacks and threats to their safety as a result of superstitions, including witchcraft, which tend to thrive in time of economic deprivation.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Poverty
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Year
2016
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Other
Reference
IE Albinism, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/255, para. 63.