A/HRC/37/57/Add.2
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 January 2018
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 expert
workshop on witchcraft and human rights
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 expert
workshop on witchcraft and human rights.
Summary
The expert workshop on witchcraft and human rights took place on 21 and 22 September
2017 in Geneva. Its objective was to advance the discourse on the phenomena of witchcraft
and its various manifestations, both generally and in the context of harmful practices, to
ultimately ensure the enjoyment of human rights by all victims. The workshop’s outcomes,
summarized in the present document, indicate a rich plurality of experiences around the
phenomena and a consensus condemnation of the common issues of harm and impunity,
among others. Participants adopted concrete recommendations on the way forward, in the
framework of international human rights law.
GE.18-01039(E)
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