A/HRC/43/42
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 December 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-third session
24 February–20 March 2020
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Women and children impacted by albinism
Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by
persons with albinism
Summary
In the present report, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by
persons with albinism provides an overview of the situation of women and children
impacted by albinism in different regions of the world. She identifies barriers to the
enjoyment of human rights in this context, as well as best practices and recommendations.
GE.19-22449(E)