A/HRC/41/47 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 April 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-first session 24 June–12 July 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Stigmatization as dehumanization: wrongful stereotyping and structural violence against women and children affected by leprosy Report of the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members Summary In her report, prepared in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 35/9, the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, Alice Cruz, focuses on the situation of women and children affected by leprosy and their family members. She identifies and examines the root causes of their vulnerability to various forms of discrimination and offers recommendations on how to eliminate it. GE.19-06395(E) 