A/78/167 Africa, organized by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. In March, she presented at a webinar hosted by the Disability and Care Reform Community of Practice, on the topic “Addressing stigma an d discrimination to prevent separation of children”. In April, she participated in the forty -first session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, where she and other representatives of the albinism movement participated in a panel discussion on children with albinism in Africa, held during the plenary meeting of the session. 9. In May, the Expert spoke on the topic of disability, inclusion and health at the inaugural conference of the Stellenbosch Disability Research Hu b and carried out visits to academic institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa. She also hosted two round tables. The first round table was held in conjunction with Amnesty International, in Zambia, at the end of January, and engaged members of the ju stice sector and persons with albinism, with the aim of better understanding the obstacles to access to justice for persons with albinism in that country. In June, together with Staffordshire University, the Expert hosted the second round table, on albinis m, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with the aim of gaining an understanding of the specific situation of persons with albinism in that country. 10. The Expert continued to work on the elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft. In cooperation with the Pan -African Parliament, she officially launched a preliminary report and guidelines for parliamentarians, entitled Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks: Towards Eliminating Harmful Practices and Other Human Rights Violations. 1 The launch was supported by the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria. In June, on the margins of the annual meeting of the special procedure mandate holders, the Expert co -organized a consultation with the newly established International Network Against Accusations of Witchcraft and Associated Harmful Practices on Human Rights Council resolution 47/8 on the elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks, and on the recent study on the situation of the violations and abuses of human rights rooted in harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks, as well as stigmatization (A/HRC/52/47). 11. On 13 June, the Expert celebrated International Albinism Awareness Day in Geneva, the theme of which was “Inclusion is strength”. To mark the Day, she delivered remarks via video statement. 2 She worked with the Global Albinism Alliance and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against racism and discrimination, Xueli Abbing, to host an event to commemorate the International Day. The event was hosted by the International Bureau of Education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and attended by United Nations entities, representatives of diplomatic missions in Geneva and special procedure mandate holders. III. Definitions A. Climate change 12. Earth’s climate system consists of five major components: ( a) the atmosphere (the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth); (b) the hydrosphere (Earth’s water); (c) the cryosphere (Earth’s frozen water); (d) the lithosphere (Earth’s outer layer); (e) and the biosphere (the layer of Earth where life exists, including all living __________________ 1 2 4/23 Available at www.ohchr.org/en/documents/tools-and-resources/pan-african-parliamentguidelines-accusations-witchcraft-and-ritual. Available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ygR7fOQ6I. 23-13701