A/HRC/31/63
displaced persons with albinism and the execution of safe strategies for reintegrating them
into their homes and communities. In that regard, she encourages international and regional
cooperation.
B.
Define applicable international legal frameworks
47.
The Independent Expert considers it important to identify the applicable human
rights legal framework and the key international human rights instruments that could both
comprehensively and effectively address the human rights-related issues faced by persons
with albinism in a sustainable way.
48.
The Independent Expert will pay particular attention to the practices and legal
approaches of countries to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by persons with
albinism. She envisages wide consultation particularly among persons with albinism on their
views on discrimination. She will follow with interest debates on the ways to approach such
issues at the national, regional and international levels. The Independent Expert looks
forward to working closely with experts at the national, regional and international levels on
related issues such as racial discrimination, disabilities, trafficking, health, minority issues,
violence against women and children, cultural rights, harmful traditional practices,
extrajudicial and summary executions and torture, most of whom have already contributed
to the debate surrounding the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism. 23
49.
Such current multisectoral debates highlight the fact that the human rights
challenges associated with albinism are multilayered and could be addressed by various
human rights mechanisms. They also show the need for in-depth reflection with
stakeholders to inform policymaking and better inform the ongoing work of the Independent
Expert in fulfilling the mandate.
C.
Strengthen concerted implementation efforts
1.
Regional and international agenda
50.
The Independent Expert intends to build on the work already done to address the
enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism at the international level, including the
work of the Human Rights Council and of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’
Rights through the provision of technical advice.
51.
The findings of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will also guide the
Independent Expert in her work. In its report to the Human Rights Council, the Advisory
Committee stressed the need for increased engagement of international and regional
mechanisms with the issue of persons with albinism and lamented that efforts, however,
continue to be fragmented and only partially address the complexity of the human rights
challenges that persons with albinism face. A more sustainable response, to bridge
protection gaps and to ensure accountability for human rights violations committed against
persons with albinism, is required.24
52.
The Independent Expert looks forward to working closely with all special procedure
mandate holders so as to harmonize efforts in addressing the many obstacles to the full
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24
See, for example, OHCHR, “Not ghosts, but human beings … persons with albinism”, press release,
4 May 2013, available at www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13294
&LangID=E.
See A/HRC/28/75, para. 61.
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