Persons affected by leprosy excluded from conversations around disability: rights expert

Alice Cruz, who

for people diagnosed with the age-old disease, delivered her latest report to the UN General Assembly in New York. 

She cited the physical impairments that leprosy causes, as well as discrimination based on harmful stereotypes surrounding the disease, as grounds for their full recognition in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

Stigmatization and exclusion 

“Family…