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Elimination of Discrimination Against Persons Affected by Leprosy and Their Family Members

A/HRC/RES/8/13No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2008–2020
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/44/6
  • 2020A/HRC/RES/44/6Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family membersLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/HRC/RES/35/9Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family membersCompare with previous version
  • 2015A/HRC/RES/29/5Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family membersCompare with previous version
  • 2011A/RES/65/215Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family membersCompare with previous version
  • 2010A/HRC/RES/15/10Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family membersCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 topics
Anti-Discrimination MeasuresConferencesDiscriminationGuidelinesHuman RightsHuman Rights EducationLeprosyPrinciplesReport Preparation

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Affirms that persons affected by leprosy and their family members should be treated as individuals with dignity and are entitled to all basic human rights and fundamental freedoms under customary international law, relevant conventions and national constitutions and laws;
2
Calls upon Governments to take effective measures to eliminate any type of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, including awareness-raising;
3
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to include the issue of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members as an important matter in its human rights education and awareness-raising activities;
4
Also requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to collect information on the measures that Governments have taken to eliminate discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and, if extrabudgetary funding is available, to hold a meeting to exchange views among relevant actors, including Governments, observers of the United Nations, relevant United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and programmes, non-governmental organizations, scientists, medical experts as well as representatives of persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and to transmit a report to the Council and the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee;
5
Requests the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to examine the report referred to in paragraph 4 above, and formulate a draft set of principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and to submit it to the Council for its consideration by September 2009;
6
Decides to consider this issue based on these reports submitted to the Council in September 2009.

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