customs and traditional practices and to counter cultural stereotypes which can lead to trafficking in human beings. 269. In evaluating the breach of Article 29 of the Children’s Charter, the Court notes the established definition of human trafficking that all kidnappings and abductions of children with albinism for the purposes of sale of their person, extraction of their body parts or sale of their body parts constitutes human trafficking. In this regard, the Court notes that the Applicants have provided evidence that there are targeted abductions and kidnappings of children with albinism in the Respondent State with the intention of trading in their person or body parts. This evidence has not been rebutted by the Respondent State. 270. The Court observes that the Ouagadougou Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking76 obliges, the Respondent State to counter cultural stereotypes against PWA that directly fuel their trafficking. 271. The Court acknowledges the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child – Concluding Observations on the Report of the United Republic of Tanzania77 wherein the Committee indicated that the Respondent State has weak or inadequate preventative measures regarding the sale of children and expressed concern about the ritual killing of children with albinism.78 272. Furthermore, and by illustration of the nature of the Respondent State’s antitrafficking law, the Court observes the views of the former Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Persons with Albinism, that: “…although the provisions of the [Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, (2008)] Act would apply in the event that a person was moved by abduction, coercion or deception for the end goal of organ removal, they would not 76 Ibid. United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child – Concluding Observations United Republic of Tanzania, CRC/C/OPSC/TZA/CO/1. 78 Ibid, § 20. 77 62

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