"MICHELLE BACHELET JERIA"

Addressing journalists after her mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said, “I am particularly concerned to hear that courts across Bosnia and Herzegovina have denied wartime survivors’ claims for compensation by imposing statutes of limitations.” OHCHR

In an oral update to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet said, “In the past three months, the human rights situation in Nicaragua has continued to decline,” adding, “My Office continues to report arbitrary detentions where detainees face appalling conditions, hundreds of civil society organisations being stripped of their legal status, and that fleeing the crisis, Nicaraguans continue to leave the country in unprecedented numbers.” UNTV-CH

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, “what we are witnessing today in Afghanistan is the institutionalized, systematic oppression of women.” UNTV CH

The High Commissioner for Human Rights said that she was unable to talk to any detained Uyghurs during her recent visit to Xinjiang, China. In anticipation of this and ahead of the visit, she met former detainees now outside the country. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet opening statement at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council. UNTV CH

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, told the Security Council that the adoption of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity would “fill a significant gap in the current international framework.” UNIFEED

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said that “China can play an important role in multilateral discussions to help bring about meaningful progress” in “human rights issues facing our world.” OHCHR

High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, met virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping. She made these opening remarks and said it was “a priority to engage with the government of China directly to see how we can collaborate on human rights issues domestically, regional and global.” OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet began a six-day official mission to China, at the invitation of the Government. This is the first country visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to China since 2005. OHCHR

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the Human Rights Council’s special session on Ukraine that her Office continues to verify allegations of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law, many of which may amount to war crimes. UNTV CH