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Preliminary survey on the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2016, para. 35 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Some countries with a record of attacks against persons with albinism have identified as a major problem the ambiguity between witchcraft on the one hand and the practice of traditional, herbal or alternative medicine on the other. This is further complicated by the secrecy surrounding witchcraft and the resulting difficulty in identifying its real practitioners in all cases. These matters raise the question of whether and how these occupations ought to be defined and regulated as a means of preventing human rights violations allegedly and actually committed by their practitioners. There is also the issue of whether witchcraft beliefs should be given any form of legal character or recognition when it is largely a supernatural phenomenon. Often, these issues are further complicated by the fact that many legal instruments addressing witchcraft are outdated and disconnected from current social realities. | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | Special Procedures' report |
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Vision for the mandate 2016, para. 60 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Furthermore, the Independent Expert will give particular importance to her mandate to conduct, facilitate and support the provision of advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and international cooperation in support of national efforts for the effective realization of the rights of persons with albinism and to prevent violence. She is therefore particularly committed to fostering capacity-building of national stakeholders, promoting exchanges on challenges and experiences and supporting efforts in translating international norms into national legislation, policies, programmes and practices that are effective and adapted to national circumstances. | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | Special Procedures' report |
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Witchcraft and the human rights of persons with albinism 2017, para. 46a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Accordingly, to be regarded as harmful, practices should meet any or a combination of the following criteria:] They constitute a denial of the dignity and/or integrity of the individual and a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child; | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism | Special Procedures' report |
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