A/HRC/24/57 2. Preventive measures 57. OHCHR received examples of a number of preventive measures taken by those States in which the highest number of attacks on and killings of persons with albinism have been reported. These measures include the public condemnation of attacks and killings; the appointment of a person with albinism as Member of Parliament or Cabinet; the banning of witchdoctor licences; public awareness-raising campaigns and the provision of temporary shelter to persons under the threat of attacks. 58. While the effectiveness of these measures is to be evaluated, concerns were expressed in relation to poor living conditions in temporary shelters, particularly the sanitary conditions, overcrowding and food.45 There is also concern that these shelters reinforce the marginalization of persons with albinism and keep children separated from their families. 59. It was reported that important initiatives are under way, such as the instruction to register disaggregated data on persons with albinism in the United Republic of Tanzania and the elaboration of a national policy to promote and protect the rights of persons with albinism in Burundi. E. Action by international and regional human rights mechanisms 60. Overall, the human rights situation of persons with albinism has received little attention from Member States, the international community and human rights advocates. International and regional human right mechanisms have only sporadically raised the issue. 61. Specific mention of the situation of persons with albinism has been made in a few concluding observations from the Human Rights Committee,46 the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,47 the Committee on the Rights of the Child48 and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.49 62. On 4 May 2013, a joint press statement was issued by six United Nations special procedures mandate holders, highlighting the gravity of attacks against persons with albinism and the profound discrimination they face.50 The then Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions included a brief reference to the killings of persons with albinism in his 2009 report (A/HRC/11/2, para. 49), as did the current Special Rapporteur in his oral statement at the twenty-third session of the Human Rights Council.51 As part of the universal periodic review, recommendations were made to the Governments of Burundi,52 Uganda53 and the United Republic of Tanzania54 and to take preventive and protection actions to address attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism. 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 12 According to information gathered by OHCHR in Burundi, persons with albinism used to be accommodated in police stations and houses near communes. In the United Republic of Tanzania, they are sheltered in boarding schools for children with special needs. CCPR/C/TZA/CO/4, para. 15, and CCPR/C/KEN/CO/3, para. 17. E/C.12/COD/CO/4, para. 19, and E/C.12/TZA/CO/1-3, para. 5. CRC/C/OPSC/TZA/CO/1, paras. 20 and 21; CRC/C/BDI/CO/2, paras. 33 and 34; and CRC/C/GNB/CO/2-4, paras. 28 and 29. A/63/38, paras. 142 and 143. Press statement, “Not ghosts”. Opening remarks by Christoph Heyns, 30 May 2013. A/HRC/10/71, para. 80.5, and A/HRC/23/9, paras. 126.31 and 126.84. A/HRC/19/16, para. 111.35. A/HRC/19/4, paras. 85.33–35 and 85.39–42.