Tag: Michelle Bachelet UN Human Rights

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 22:17 UTC

  UN recognizes that a clean, healthy, sustainable environment is a human right

  

  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on States to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, following a UN Human Rights Council’s landmark decision.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:37 UTC

  Another court case and six more months of jail for ex interim Bolivian president

  

  Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Añez will have to spend at least a whole year in jail since a Judge this week extended her preventive imprisonment for another six months when she is about to complete her first half-year of reclusion in a La Paz detention center.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 07:56 UTC

  Beijing accuses UN Human Rights chief of inappropriate interference in China's affairs

  

  China accused UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet of “inappropriate” interference in the country's affairs after she called for investigations into alleged excessive use of force by police in Hong Kong.

• Sunday, November 17th 2019 - 07:52 UTC

  Repression, use of force risk worsening Bolivia crisis: UN human rights chief

  

  The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging authorities in Bolivia to ensure security forces comply with international standards on the use of force following the deaths of at least five protestors on Friday.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bachelet feels sorry for Brazil, “how I take things, depends on who is saying them...”

  

  U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who earlier this month came under personal attack from Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, says she feels sorry for Brazil, according to a Chilean media report published on Sunday.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 10:42 UTC

  Venezuela “ready” to defend itself, says foreign minister after meeting with US rights chief Bachelet

  

  Venezuela is “ready” to defend itself, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Friday, after Washington invoked a regional defense pact that might justify such a move.“We are ready to protect ourselves, we are ready to react,” Arreaza told a news conference after meeting in Geneva with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro accused Bachelet of meddling in Brazil´s affairs for condemning police violence

  

  Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused Chile's former leader Michelle Bachelet, now the United Nations human rights chief, of meddling in his country's affairs after she criticized a rise in police violence and an erosion of democracy.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 22:22 UTC

  UN rights chief bemoans unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, fearing ‘far-reaching implications’

  

  A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this week prompted the concern of the United Nations’ top rights official on Thursday, who said in a statement that she feared they would have a “potentially severe impact” on the human rights of the South American nation’s “long-suffering” people.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 07:38 UTC

  Venezuela: UN human rights report confirms massive abuses and killings by government forces

  

  The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, warns political divisions in Venezuela are worsening an already critical human right and humanitarian situation in the country. In a report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Bachelet urged the dissenting factions to resolve their political differences.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 06:33 UTC

  70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  

  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights reaches its 70th anniversary on Monday, a chance to highlight the many important breakthroughs brought about by the landmark UN document, and to remind the world that the human rights of millions are still being violated on a daily basis.