Preliminary survey on the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2016, para. 4
Párrafo
Paragraph text
Over the centuries and across the world, myths about albinism have been developed and have taken deep root in various cultures. Widespread and long-term ignorance about the condition has given birth to myths, some of them age-old and most of them erroneous. Such myths can be found in various regions of the world, as evidenced in the pejorative names used for persons with albinism across cultures and continents, including "dry pigeon peas", "ghost", "chicken", "strange being", "monkey", "fake white man", "goat" or the "devil in person".
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
Personas afectadas
N.A.
Año
2016
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
IE Albinism, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/255, para. 4.