CRPD/C/22/D/24/2014 considers that the violent acts suffered by the author clearly fall within the category of acts that violate the victim’s physical and mental integrity. The Committee also recalls that, under article 4 of the Convention, States parties have a general obligation to take all necessary measures to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights, including the right to integrity of the person. In the present case, the State party has not taken sufficient measures to prevent and punish the acts suffered by the author and to support her so that she can live independently again after the loss of her arms. To date, more than 11 years after their occurrence, the crimes committed against the author remain unpunished. The Committee also observes that the author has not been provided with any support from the State party’s authorities to enable her to live independently again after the loss of her arms and that, generally speaking, the State party has not adopted effective measures to prevent this form of violence against persons with albinism and to protect them therefrom.38 Consequently, the Committee considers that the failure by the State party to take all necessary measures to prevent acts of violence similar to those suffered by the author and to efficiently investigate and punish the perpetrators of these acts in the author’s case amounts to a violation of the author’s rights under article 17 of the Convention. 8.9 Having found a violation of articles 5, 15 (1), 16 and 17 of the Convention, the Committee considers it relevant to examine the author’s claims under articles 6 and 8, read in conjunction with these articles. As regards article 6, the Committee notes that, at the time of the attack, the author was the single mother of a small child and was pregnant. It further notes that, as a direct consequence of the attack, the author suffered a miscarriage. The Committee further notes that these elements, which are intrinsically linked to the author’s status as a woman with albinism, have resulted in the isolation of the author from her community, and amount to gender- and disability-based discrimination. Additionally, according to the information available in the case file, none of these elements has been taken into account in the course of the procedures before the national authorities, in order to ensure that the gender discrimination involved in the facts under consideration are addressed. The Committee considers that such “invisibilization” of the specific impacts of the attack suffered by the author as a woman also amounts to gender-based discrimination, and is contrary to the State party’s obligations under article 6 of the Convention to recognize that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination, and to take all appropriate measures to ensure the full development, advancement and empowerment of women, for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in the Convention. In view thereof, the Committee considers that the facts under review reveal a violation of the author’s rights under article 6, read in conjunction with articles 5, 15 (1), 16 and 17 of the Convention. 8.10 Turning to the author’s claims under article 8, read in conjunction with articles 5, 15 (1), 16 and 17 of the Convention, the Committee notes the author’s argument that the State party failed to take appropriate and adequate measures to raise awareness throughout society about persons with albinism, and that this led to discrimination against and lack of security for persons with albinism, which she has directly suffered through her attack. The Committee also notes the author’s argument that the State party has undertaken no initiatives to end this situation. It further notes that, according to the State party, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has collaborated with civil society and other actors to raise public awareness throughout the country, and that authorities have embarked on efforts to raise awareness and change attitudes about persons with albinism through social welfare officers in the regions and districts, in particular in areas where killings have been rampant. Nonetheless, the Committee notes that, according to the information available, such measures have not been systematic or sufficient to meet the State party’s duties under article 8 to raise awareness throughout society, including at the family level, regarding persons with albinism and to foster respect for their rights and dignity, and to combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices relating to persons with albinism. The Committee concludes that this lack of an adequate response from the State party amounts to an implicit acceptance of the perpetuation of the heinous crimes committed in its jurisdiction against persons with albinism, and therefore considers that it amounts to a 38 14 Ibid., para. 8.4.