"MICHELLE BACHELET JERIA"

At a press conference in Ouagadougou, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Burkina Faso is in the “grips of not one but several major, intersecting crises” adding that the management of these crises could have “repercussions for peace and security and human rights for millions of people in the country, in the region and beyond.” OHCHR

On Tuesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visited Dori, where she met with community and religious leaders, local government officials and people displaced due to the effects of armed conflict and climate change. OHCHR

International calls for the restoration of a democratic government in Sudan continued on Friday, as the Human Rights Council met in a special session in Geneva to discuss the recent coup by the Sudanese military against the Transitional Government. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet described the military takeover of power in Sudan as “deeply disturbing,” adding that it “betrays the courageous and inspiring revolution of 2019, and contravenes both international human rights laws, as well as the country's own Constitutional Document and other foundational documents of the transition.” UNTV CH

The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, called for accountability for violations and abuses committed by all parties in the Tigray conflict. OHCHR

UN Human Rights Office is “gravely concerned” by developments in Myanmar, “particularly given the intensifying attacks by the military,” including killings, raiding of villages and burning of houses, “apparently to seek out armed resistance elements and as reprisals against villages perceived to be sympathetic to people’s defence forces or ethnic armed groups” OHCHR

The United Nations High commissioner’s Michelle Bachelet expressed shock and sadness over the killing of Rohingya human rights defender Mohib Ullah, and called for a prompt, thorough and effective investigation into his death. OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet updated the Human Rights Council on the extent of conflict-related deaths in the Syrian Arab Republic, presenting a list of 350,209 identified individuals killed in the conflict in Syria between March 2011 to March 2021.OHCHR

At the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented an oral update on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. OHCHR

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action “offers an important opportunity to reflect on where we stand and where we need to go,” adding that “structural racism and systematic injustice still deny people their fundamental human rights.” UNIFEED