A/HRC/43/42/Add.1 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. 18

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