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Statements and Press Releases

• UN rights expert to conduct first visit to Tanzania to assess situation of people with albinism (12 July 2017)
  
• Game Changer: International action taken to end albinism attacks - Regional Action Plan in Africa endorsed - UN rights expert (13 June 2017)
  
• UN rights expert welcomes conviction of mastermind in murder of woman with albinism (3 March 2017)
  
• “Enhanced oversight of traditional medicine will curb ongoing attacks on people with albinism”– UN Expert (3 March 2017)
  
• Albinism: “Cost cannot be an excuse when fighting violence and discrimination” – New UN report (26 October 2016)
  
• “Light in darkness for persons with albinism” – UN experts hail progress despite dire obstacles International Albinism Awareness Day – Monday 13 June (10 June 2016)
  
• ‘Witchcraft’ beliefs triggers attacks against people with albinism – UN expert warns in new report (22 March 2016)
  
• They value their body parts more than their life” – Urgent appeal to stop attacks against persons with albinism (15 October 2015)
  
• Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein ahead of the first-ever International Albinism Awareness Day (13 June 2015)
  
• Marking Albinism Awareness Day, Secretary-General Calls for End to ‘Abhorrent’ Discrimination (13 June 2015)
• Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children Santos Pais welcomes the first International Albinism Awareness Day (13 June 2015)
• Zeid calls for action after surge in “stunningly vicious attacks” on people with albinism in East Africa (10 March 2015)
• Statement by the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities in Africa on the murder of Munghu Lugata, a 40-year-old woman with albinism in north-western Tanzania on 12 May 2014* (26 May 2014)
• Pillay urges more protection after barbaric killing in Tanzania (15 May 2014)
• Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for HR Navi Pillay at a press conference during her mission to Nigeria (14 March 2014)
• “Not ghosts, but human beings… persons with albinism” (4 May 2013)
• Pillay condemns “abhorrent” attacks on people with albinism in Tanzania (5 March 2013)

Press Briefing Notes on Albinism

• 27 March 2015
• 10 March 2015
• 15 November 2013

Calendar

13 June
International Albinism Awareness Day

Past Events

19-22 November 2015
Pan Africa Albinism Conference
“Empowering persons with albinism in Africa.” Hosted by Under the Same Sun.
Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

16 June
Screening and debate: In the Shadow of the Sun, a film by Harry Freeland
with BBC Storyville and ITVS International
Event flyer

13 June
International Albinism Awareness Day
A wide range of events and activities are being organized around the world in honor of the first International Albinism Awareness Day.
Download the full schedule.

16 - 26 March 2015
Blanc Ebène - White Ebony
A photo exhibition to raise awareness of the human rights issues of persons with albinism.
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Reports / Resolutions

• Initiatives taken by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to raise awareness and promote the protection of the rights of persons with albinism
• UN Human Rights report: Attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism (Word doc 167kb)
• Report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the study on the situation of human rights of persons living with albinism (Word doc 187kb)
• Preliminary study on the situation of human rights of persons living with albinism (Word doc 124kb)
• Attacks and discrimination against persons with albinism (document language links in last column)
• Technical cooperation for the prevention of attacks against persons with albinism (document language links in last column)
• Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire (Word doc 162kb)
• International Albinism Awareness Day (Word doc 62kb)
• International Albinism Awareness Day- UN General Assembly (Word doc 64kb)
• Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire (Word doc 159kb)
• Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review- Côte d’Ivoire (Word doc 195kb)
• Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review- Democratic Republic of Congo (Word doc 209kb)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child- List of Issues- Tanzania- June 2014 (Word doc 89kb)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child- Concluding Observations- Tanzania- March 2015 (Word doc 166kb)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women- Concluding Observations- Swaziland- July 2014 (Word doc 94kb)
• Concluding Observations- Human Rights Committee- Burundi- November 2014 (Word doc 80kb)
• Annual Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children- August 2014 (Word doc 144kb)
• 263: Resolution on the Prevention of Attacks and Discrimination against Persons with Albinism- African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights*
• Report of the Twenty-Second Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child* (PDF 435kb)
• Report of the Twenty-Third Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child* (PDF 435kb)

Related Links

• UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee study on the rights of people with albinism
• Recommendations of the UN human rights monitoring bodies

* Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.