A/HRC/11/2 page 17 (f) In 1998, the Committee recommended further research into the prevalence of witch burning in South Africa, and called for the prohibition and eradication of such practices.42 The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted amnesty to 33 individuals accused of killing alleged witches.43 In relation to Mozambique, the Committee expressed concern about the situation of older women, who were subject to accusations of witchcraft, and urged the State party to challenge such traditional views;44 (g) With regard to Angola, in 2004, the Committee on the Rights of the Child called for immediate action to eliminate the mistreatment of children accused of witchcraft, including by prosecuting the perpetrators of this mistreatment and intensive education campaigns that involve local leaders.45 The same issue was taken up in almost identical terms four years later by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;46 (h) The role of witch doctors has also been raised. In Mali, the traditional practice of giving a girl in marriage to a witch doctor for religious reasons still persists;47 in the United Republic of Tanzania, concern has been raised about the practice of hunting down and murdering albinos so that their body parts can be used by witch doctors;48 (i) In Papua New Guinea, provincial police commanders in two highlands provinces, Eastern Highlands and Chimbu, reportedly told journalists that there had been more than 50 sorcery-related killings in their provinces in 2008. Other independent sources estimate that there have been up to 500 attacks against women accused of practising witchcraft that have resulted in torture and murder;49 (j) In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, civil society reports suggest that most of the 25,000 to 50,000 children living on the streets of Kinshasa are there because they have been accused of witchcraft and rejected by their families. In 2009, the Committee on the Rights of the 42 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/53/38/Rev.1), para. 134. This was probably a response to the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Witchcraft Violence and Ritual Murder in the Northern Province (1995), chaired by Professor N.V. Ralushai. 43 http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2000/000615110p1005.htm. 44 CEDAW/C/MOZ/CO/2, paras. 42-43. 45 CRC/C/15/Add.246, paras. 30-31. 46 E/C.12/AGO/CO/3, para. 25. 47 CEDAW/C/MLI/2-5. 48 www.un.org/durbanreview2009/story22.shtml. 49 Amnesty International, “Increasing sorcery-related killings in Papua New Guinea”, 11 February 2009.