A/HRC/10/62 page 20 Annex II EXCERPTS FROM THE PRELIMINARY WORKING PAPER ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LEPROSY VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY PROF. YOZO YOKOTAa Principles (a) Leprosy is curable and the medication is available free of charge. Leprosy is not hereditary nor easily transmittable. (b) It is therefore wrong to adopt a policy to hospitalize, to segregate or to deprive of the basic freedoms of leprosy patients and their families against their will and by force. (c) Any law, policy or custom to forcefully intern leprosy patients and their families should be abolished immediately. (d) Any law, policy or custom to discriminate against leprosy affected persons, directly or indirectly, should be abolished as soon as possible. (e) Leprosy affected persons should be treated as persons with dignity and are entitled to all basic human rights and fundamental freedoms laid down in customary international law, relevant conventions, and national constitutions and laws. (f) The victims of forceful segregation and hospitalization as well as of other forms of violations of human rights should be entitled to appropriate compensation, rehabilitation and other remedies. (g) The practice of discrimination against leprosy affected persons, such as discriminatory treatment in the employment, marriage, use of public places including hotels, restaurants and means of transportation, should be stopped immediately. Any person who commits such discriminatory behaviour should be adequately disciplined. Guidelines (a) Governments should abolish immediately all existing laws, policies or practices to forcefully hospitalize or intern leprosy patients and their families. (b) Governments should abolish at the earliest possible time all existing laws, policies or practices to discriminate, directly or indirectly, against leprosy affected persons. (c) Governments should conduct a full survey of the situation of leprosy as a disease and provide every patient adequate treatment free of charge. a A/HRC/Sub.1/58/CRP.7.