Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

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Vision for the mandate 2016, para. 46

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The Independent Expert is of the view that specific measures to end attacks against persons with albinism should include immediate investigation of allegations and prosecution of alleged perpetrators, legal representation and adequate protection for victims and witnesses and sensitization of the judiciary and law enforcement officers on the issue. Furthermore, protection measures for persons with albinism should be adopted and implemented in their communities. Victims of attacks should be provided with the appropriate remedy and redress, not only legal, but also social, psychological and medical. The Independent Expert will also seek the adoption of measures to prevent the trafficking in body parts, as well as specific measures for improving conditions at temporary shelters for displaced persons with albinism and the execution of safe strategies for reintegrating them into their homes and communities. In that regard, she encourages international and regional cooperation.
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Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Persons on the move
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Vision for the mandate 2016, para. 38

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Studies often link the prevalence of skin cancer to factors such as the lack of basic understanding of albinism, particularly by persons with albinism and their families. For example, it is not uncommon for parents to put a newborn with albinism out in the sun for hours. Displaced persons with albinism are exposed to a heightened risk of skin cancer as they are mostly outside of their usual environment and have limited means to address their health needs. Also at particular risk of developing skin cancer are persons with albinism who work outdoors, such as farmers or traders. Such outdoor occupations also emphasize the link between the risk of contracting skin cancer and poverty.
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Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Infants
  • Persons on the move
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Vision for the mandate 2016, para. 27

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In addition, as a protection measure, children have been transported to shelters, including police stations, schools or centres built for other needs, such as for people living with leprosy. Most of these shelters were neither designed nor prepared for an influx of persons with albinism, nor are they equipped to address the special needs of persons with albinism. Reports show that inhabitants with albinism are exposed to early skin cancer risk and various forms of abuse. Furthermore, as pointed out by the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee in its study on the situation of human rights of persons living with albinism, an assessment by the OHCHR field presence of the situation of displaced persons with albinism in Burundi showed the precarious security situation of some of them and the negative impact of the measure on the right to an adequate standard of living.
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Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Persons on the move
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Vision for the mandate 2016, para. 17

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Attacks against persons with albinism and corollary issues of displacement and trafficking in body parts violate the right to life, the right to security of person and the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment, as enshrined in various international human rights treaties. As reported by OHCHR, whether any particular ritual killing or attack against persons with albinism is attributable to a State agent needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis. Nevertheless, the State violates its obligation to ensure the right to life and the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment by failing to take appropriate measures to prevent, investigate, prosecute, punish or redress.
Body
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Persons on the move
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Vision for the mandate 2016, para. 15

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As an initial step, the mandate holder will outline, in broad strokes, some of the obstacles with which persons with albinism are confronted. The obstacles identified constitute the main areas of concern and priorities of the mandate holder and include human rights violations such as attacks, desecration of graves, trafficking of body parts, displacement, discrimination against persons with albinism, as well as human rights violations based on disabilities, challenges in the right to the highest attainable standard of health and the right to education. The Independent Expert would also like to draw attention to the particularly concerning situation of women and children with albinism.
Body
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Persons on the move
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Women
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Preliminary survey on the root causes of attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism 2016, para. 65

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In addition to Miguel's correlation of income and witchcraft, it has also been documented that there can be a plausible link between the surge in occult practices, including witchcraft, and the pressures and opportunities people are faced with in a changing socioeconomic order. A study of specific mining towns where the use of body parts of persons with albinism in lucky charms has been documented indicates that the cumulative influx of a large number of migrant miners, generational and cultural divides within the local villages, and the social change propelled by the rapid focus on mineral extraction for income in the local economy are among the factors which triggered a symbiotic relationship between miners seeking luck and comparative advantage in their work on the one hand and the witchdoctor on the other hand.
Body
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Persons on the move
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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