Ms. Muluka Anne Miti-Drummond has issued her first statement as UN Independent Expert on Albinism, signalling the priorities she will bring to the role.
A new voice now holds one of the United Nations' most specific human rights mandates. Ms. Muluka Anne Miti-Drummond has issued her first official statement as UN Independent Expert on Albinism, marking the formal beginning of her tenure in the role.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published the statement, which sets out the incoming expert's orientation toward her mandate. The position exists to monitor, document, and report on human rights violations affecting people with albinism worldwide — and to press governments and international bodies for concrete responses.
Miti-Drummond brings her own professional and regional background to the role. The full statement, published by OHCHR, outlines the areas she intends to prioritise as she begins country visits, consultations, and reporting cycles before the Human Rights Council.
The Independent Expert mandate on albinism was first established in 2015, following sustained advocacy by civil society organisations and communities across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. The mandate has since documented ritual attacks, barriers to education and healthcare, and the particular vulnerability of women and children with albinism in multiple regions.
The appointment of a new mandate holder is a moment the global albinism community watches closely. Each expert shapes which cases are elevated, which governments are questioned, and which recommendations reach the floor of the Human Rights Council.
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