A/HRC/52/36
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
27 December 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-second session
27 February–31 March 2023
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Human rights defenders working on albinism
Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by
persons with albinism, Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond
Summary
The present report, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions
28/6 and 46/12, covers the work of human rights defenders with albinism and human rights
defenders working on albinism in various regions of the world. It also includes information
on numerous challenges that are experienced by human rights defenders in their line of work.
Reference is made to good practices, and recommendations are made to States and other
relevant stakeholders. The Independent Expert intends the present report to provide clarity
on a subject that is still relatively new for people with albinism, and to empower them in
their work to address the human rights challenges they face.
GE.22-28801 (E)
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