A/HRC/10/62 page 16 groups, including persons affected by leprosy; and organizing specialized training for the unemployed, including those with disabilities. An association of persons affected by leprosy to liaise with Government was also created. An initiative by the Federal Ministry of Social Welfare to initiate in 2010 a country-wide media campaign on leprosy and disabilities was implemented; (f) It was reported that the Philippines had converted the Culion leprosarium into a local Government unit, so that residents, regardless of status and condition in life, were entitled to exercise all their constitutional rights. Stigma and discrimination were being gradually eliminated. The Ministry of Health had put in place an Internet-based information campaign to fight discrimination; (g) In Ethiopia, in 1995, the Constitution incorporated provisions to ensure the protection of persons with disabilities (art. 41.5). The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities had also been signed. In 2008, the Government issued a proclamation providing for the right to employment of persons with disabilities (No. 568/2008 G.C.). It was noted that, until 2008, the civil code referred to leprosy as one of the legally accepted factors for dissolving marriage. The article was repealed by Special Family Law Proclamation No. 1/2008; (h) With reference to the United Republic of Tanzania, there was a policy on services for rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, including those affected by leprosy. A new law to end discrimination against persons with disabilities was under discussion in Parliament, applicable also to persons affected by leprosy; (i) In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a network of non-governmental organizations, in conjunction with the Government’s Community-Based Rehabilitation Office, was preparing a leprosy-related anti-discrimination draft law to be submitted to Parliament in January 2009; (j) With reference to Indonesia, persons affected by leprosy lived a normal life in their communities, enjoying freedom from discrimination and access to opportunities to support themselves and their families. 32. In its submission, the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations addressed studies carried out by civil society organizations and independent research institutions at the international level on the existence and impact of discriminatory policies and practices related to leprosy on the enjoyment of human rights. It referred to various studies carried out by experts of the Royal Tropical Institute in the Netherlands. In recent years, studies have aimed at addressing social isolation, discussing risk factors of restriction to participation, and assessing whether there had been progress with regard to stigma against persons affected by leprosy in relation to various areas of their lives, such as social status, employment opportunities, family relationships, marriage and participation in social and religious life. 33. With regard to studies carried out by civil society organizations and independent research institutions at the national level, the Federation listed a wide range of medical studies, articles, press notes and Internet sites, as well as testimonials from people affected by leprosy and their family members in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Taiwan Province of China, Thailand, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Unites States