A/HRC/34/59
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 January 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February-24 March 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of
human rights by persons with albinism
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
pursuant to Council resolution 28/6. In her report the Independent Expert provides a brief
account of activities undertaken in fulfilment of the mandate in 2016. She also discusses
witchcraft as a root cause of attacks against persons with albinism, the impact of witchcraft
on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism and ways forward.
GE.17-00339(E)