A/HRC/37/57/Add.3
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 December 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventh session
26 February–23 March 2018
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of
human rights by persons with albinism on the Regional
Action Plan on Albinism in Africa (2017–2021)
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism on the
Regional Action Plan in Africa (2017–2021). The Plan sets out 15 specific and concrete
measures centred around four key pillars: prevention, protection, accountability and,
finally, equality and non-discrimination. It was developed by the Independent Expert
through broad consultations and on the basis of recommendations made by various human
rights bodies, in particular those from the Africa region, where all the reported attacks have
taken place so far. The Plan is also based on the recommendations of United Nations
mechanisms and a wide range of stakeholders, including persons with albinism. Finally, it
is also deeply guided by the principle, which is engrained in the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, that no one should be left behind and that efforts to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals should begin with those furthest behind.
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