Special Rapporteur on discrimination against persons with leprosy (Hansen’s disease)
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and their family members
About the mandate
In many parts of the world, persons affected by leprosy and their family members continue to face multiple forms of discrimination and widespread barriers to their participation as equal members of society including isolation and violations of their human rights.
Resolution 29/5, adopted by the Human Rights Council in June 2015, aims at intensifying efforts to eliminate all forms of prejudice and discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and to promote policies that facilitate their inclusion and participation.
At its 35th session in June 2017, the Human Rights Council established the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members for three years (resolution 35/9). The mandate was extended in July 2023 by three more years (resolution 53/8).
Learn more about the mandate and its activities.
Current mandate holder
Dr. Beatriz Miranda-Galarza (Ecuador) was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and their family members in October 2023. She works as coordinator of the Research and the Critical Disability Studies Programme in Institute of Critical Studies (Mexico). Read Dr. Beatriz Miranda-Galarza’s full biography
Latest thematic reports
Latest country reports
Contact Information
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Palais des Nations
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 917 9006
Email: hrc-sr-leprosy@un.org
Newsletters of the Special Rapporteur
Former mandate holder
Ms. Alice Cruz (Portugal)
2017-2023
Activities
Factsheet about the HRC 53 thematic report
June 2023
Newsletter 4 of the UN Special Rapporteur, Alice Cruz
June 2023
End of mission statement / Angola
10 May 2022
Statement on World Leprosy Day 2021
Advice on leprosy and COVID-19 (English | Français) - June 2020
Open letter on COVID-19 and leprosy to the UN Member States
22 May 2020