UN rights chief concludes China trip with promise of improved relations
May 30, 2022, at 03:39 pm
New York: At the end of her official visit to China, the first such trip in 17 years, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced new areas of engagement between her office and the Chinese Government on rights issues, and summarized the many rights issues raised during her six-day May mission.
Amending Guatemala ‘reconciliation law’ would lead to unjust amnesty, warns Bachelet
Jan 23, 2019, at 09:58 am
New York, Jan 23 (IBNS): A bid to give amnesty to all those found guilty of grave human rights crimes during Guatemala’s decades-long civil war, by amending the National Reconciliation Law, could represent a “drastic set-back” to the whole legal system and overall accountability, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has said.