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B.
Attacks and killings
96.
Undertake a situational survey to identify gaps in security and protection measures
for persons with albinism, particularly in rural and border towns.
97.
Strengthen targeted measures to protect the rights of persons with albinism,
particularly in rural areas, using the exemplary national action plans from Kenya and
Malawi.
98.
Provide support, including psychosocial and socioeconomic support, to victims of
attacks and their family members.
99.
Reinforce gravesites of persons with albinism to protect against grave robberies.
100.
Conduct continuous awareness-raising in hotspots.
101. Incorporate a gender dimension and an intersectional lens in supporting mothers of
children with albinism and women and girls with albinism.
102. Work with remorseful and willing convicted offenders in demystifying albinism and
harmful practices linked to abuse of witchcraft and traditional practices (with consent from
victims and their family members).
103. Complete the review of the Witchcraft Suppression Act with a goal of protecting
equally the practitioners concerned, religious freedoms, cultural rights, and the potential
victims of abuse of such craft, such as persons with albinism.
104.
Promote and facilitate the self-regulation of religious bodies and traditional healers.
105. The South African Human Rights Commission should undertake investigative
studies and research into the incidence of human rights violations against persons with
albinism, including infanticide and human trafficking.
106. The police services database should be operational and should include data on cases
relating to albinism.
107. Empower civil society organizations representing – and working for the enjoyment
of human rights by – persons with albinism to monitor, document and report human rights
violations perpetrated against persons with albinism.
108.
Expedite the passage of the hate speech bill.
109. Advocate for a SADC protocol that can address cross-border issues such as the
trafficking of body parts of persons as a consequence of muthi, or ritual, attacks.
110.
C.
Adopt the SADC declaration on persons with albinism.
Right to health
111. Ensure that quality sunscreen is accepted, available and accessible in all provinces,
paying attention to rural areas.
112.
Integrate, into the training of health workers, modules on albinism as a disability.
113. Facilitate training for relevant specialists such as ophthalmologists and
dermatologists, which should include modules on persons with albinism – particularly on
the subjects of low vision and skin cancer prevention and treatment.
114. Consistently provide free specialized clinical assessments, particularly
dermatological and ophthalmological services, to persons with albinism, including in rural
areas, as well as providing glasses, adaptive and assistive devices.
115.
Include skin cancer as a priority topic in the national cancer strategy.
116. Support and extend the reach of early intervention and detection programmes for
skin cancer to all provinces, paying attention to rural and isolated areas.
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