Preliminary survey on the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2016, para. 45
Párrafo
Paragraph text
It was reported that witchcraft beliefs and associated practices relating to the body parts of persons with albinism have led to an underground black market in the purchase and sale of body parts. This entire phenomenon seems to have no historical precedent. Yet there is a reasonable link between historical discrimination and stigma (including myths relating to disappearances and infanticide) on the one hand and the current situation of attacks on the other - the former laying the foundation for the latter.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Harmful Practices
Violence
Año
2016
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
IE Albinism, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/255, para. 45.