Children with albinism are often particular targets of attacks due to the witchcraft-based belief that the innocence of a victim from whom body parts are taken increases the potency of the potion for which the body parts are used. Cases reported by civil society indicate that children constitute a large proportion of victims of ritual attacks.
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
Violence
Personnes concernées
Children
Année
2016
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
IE Albinism, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/63, para. 42.