Preliminary survey on the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2016, para. 16
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Most potent is the belief that persons with albinism can be used in money-making rituals and for good luck charms and amulets. The crux of this belief is the notion that the body parts of persons with albinism - their skin, hair, genitals and limbs - can generate financial and other desirable gains when used for witchcraft rituals, practices and paraphernalia.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Harmful Practices
Année
2016
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
IE Albinism, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/255, para. 16.