A/HRC/15/30 leprosy and their family members. These policies and plans of action may include the following goals: (a) To provide information about leprosy at all levels of the education system, beginning with early childhood education affirming, inter alia, that leprosy is curable and should not be used as grounds for discrimination against persons who have or have had leprosy and their families; (b) To promote the production and dissemination of “know your rights” material to give to all persons recently diagnosed with leprosy; (c) To encourage the media to portray persons affected by leprosy and their family members with dignified images and terminology; (d) To recognize the skills, merits and abilities of persons affected by leprosy and their contribution to society and, where possible, to support exhibitions of their artistic, cultural and scientific talents; (e) To encourage creative persons, including artists, poets, musicians and writers, particularly those who have personally faced the challenges of leprosy, to make a contribution to awareness-raising through their specific talents; (f) To provide information to social leaders, including religious leaders, on how addressing leprosy in their teachings or written materials may contribute to the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by the disease and their family members; (g) To encourage higher education institutions, including medical schools and nursing schools, to include information about leprosy in their curricula, and to develop and implement a “train the trainer” programme and targeted educational materials; (h) To promote implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education and to incorporate the human rights of persons affected by leprosy and their family members into the national human rights education programme of each State; (i) To identify ways to recognize, honour and learn from the lives of individuals forcibly isolated by their Governments for having been diagnosed with leprosy, including oral history programmes, museums, monuments and publications; (j) To support grass-roots awareness efforts to reach communities without access to traditional media. 14. Development, implementation and follow-up to States’ activities 14.1 States should consider creating or designating a committee to address activities relating to the human rights of persons affected by leprosy and their family members. The committee should ideally include individuals affected by leprosy and their family members, representatives of organizations of persons affected by leprosy, human rights experts, representatives from the human rights field and related fields, and representatives of government. 14.2 States are encouraged to include in their State party reports to the relevant treaty bodies the policies and measures that they have adopted and/or implemented with regard to the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members. 7