A/HRC/28/75 (b) Help with reintegration into society after displacement or time spent in (c) Health education on how to prevent skin cancer; (d) Protective clothing; (e) Optician services; (f) Assistance in participating in mainstream primary and secondary education; (g) Vocational training to maximize the chance of indoor work out of the sun. 8 hiding; 11. While the IFRC report focused on the Great Lakes region of east Africa, those needs, or at least some of them, may be considered to reflect the collective experience of persons with albinism. B. Rights to life and security of person 12. With respect to security, grave concern has been expressed by the Human Rights Council about “attacks against persons with albinism, including against women and children, which are often committed with impunity.”9 Such attacks involve the violation of fundamental human rights. 13. As mentioned by six special procedure mandate-holders, persons with albinism face dehumanization because they “are regarded as ghosts and not human beings who can be wiped off the global map … [they are] the target of many false and harmful myths in several countries, especially in the African region.”10 14. The OHCHR report states that “in some communities, erroneous beliefs and myths, heavily influenced by superstition, put the security and lives of persons with albinism at constant risk. These beliefs and myths are centuries old and are present in cultural attitudes and practices around the world.”11 The belief that the body parts of persons with albinism possess magical powers that can be used to gain wealth and prosperity and/or to gain power via winning elections are some of the reasons for the killing of, and attacks against, persons with albinism. 15. Violence against this vulnerable group takes various forms, including the killing of, and attacks against, persons with albinism with a view to using their body parts for ritual purposes. Arising from the attacks and the use of body parts is the trade of organs linked to trafficking in persons and the sale of children, infanticide and abandonment of children.12 16. It is reported that, as of October 2014, over 340 attacks against persons with albinism, including 134 killings, have been recorded in 25 countries.13 Non-governmental organizations working in the field note that the number of ongoing attacks is higher than 8 9 10 11 12 13 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, “Through albino eyes: the plight of albino people in Africa’s Great Lakes region and a Red Cross response” (2009), p. 17. Human Rights Council resolution 24/33, preamble. Press release by several special procedure mandate-holders , “Not ghosts, but human beings … persons with albinism” (4 May 2013), available from www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13294&LangID=E. A/HRC/24/57, para. 15. Ibid., para. 18 . See Under The Same Sun, “Reported attacks of persons with albinism (PWA), Summary”, available from www.underthesamesun.com/sites/default/files/Attacks%20of%20PWA%20%201%20page_0.pdf. 5