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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
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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.
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