A/HRC/24/57 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 12 September 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Persons with albinism Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary This preliminary report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 23/13 of 13 June 2013. In some communities, erroneous beliefs and myths influenced by superstition put the security and life of persons with albinism at risk. OHCHR has received information from various countries on cases of killings and dismembering of persons with albinism for ritual purposes. It has also collected information on the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination persons with albinism face worldwide. States should adopt specific measures to protect and preserve the rights to life and security of persons with albinism, as well as their right not to be subject to torture and illtreatment, and ensure their access to adequate health care, employment, education and justice. * Late submission. GE.13-16944