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World is 'ready' for a woman at helm of UN: Chile's Bachelet tells AFP

World is 'ready' for a woman at helm of UN: Chile's Bachelet tells AFP
world news
Published on Dec 24, 2025 12:45 am IST

Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria awarded Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2024

Michelle Bachelet is a founding member of UN Women and served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. (Michelle Bachelet | Official X account)
india news
Published on Dec 06, 2024 01:35 pm IST

J&K curbs may violate human rights; use of UAPA worrying, says UNHRC chief

UNHRC chief Michelle Bachelet was making her opening statement at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. (Archive)
india news
Updated on Sept 14, 2021 01:34 am IST

Credible reports of executions of civilians by Taliban: UN human rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivers a speech at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on Afghanistan.
world news
Published on Aug 24, 2021 03:58 pm IST

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet says Israeli strikes on Gaza may be war crimes

"If found to be indiscriminate and disproportionate, such attacks might constitute war crimes," Michelle Bachelet said. In picture - Damage around tombs in the old Shujaiya cemetery in Gaza City.
world news
Published on May 27, 2021 04:15 pm IST

Bachelet reports arbitrary detention, sexual violence in Xinjiang area of China

"We also find it regrettable the High Commissioner made unsubstantiated accusations against China based on misinformation and political pressure," China's delegate Jiang Duan told the UN Human Rights Council. People of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and the Tibetan region enjoy wide-ranging freedoms, including religious and cultural harmony, she said.
world news
Published on Mar 02, 2021 05:00 pm IST

Law violations cannot be condoned under pretext of human rights : India to UNHCHR chief

Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.
india news
Updated on Oct 20, 2020 11:46 pm IST

Safeguard rights of NGOs: UN human rights chief to India

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.
india news
Updated on Oct 20, 2020 09:39 pm IST

India, few other Asian nations respond to UN human rights chief’s criticism

Highlighting issues from the individual nations, Bachelet had said in India, several journalists and at least one doctor have been charged for their public criticism of the authorities’ response to the COVID-19.
world news
Updated on Jun 05, 2020 11:55 pm IST

Asian countries tightening censorship: UN

Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm over how censorship had been tightened in several countries, along with arbitrary arrests of people who criticise their governments.
world news
Updated on Jun 04, 2020 02:50 am IST

‘They have been wrong before’: Foreign minister Jaishankar on UNHRC’s CAA move

On Saturday, S Jaishankar said every country, including the US, has different citizenship criteria which are based on context and social criteria
india news
Updated on Mar 07, 2020 04:43 pm IST

UN concerned over CAA violence and ‘excessive force’ by security forces

A protester paints graffiti on a road, during a protest by students and local residents against the Citizenship Amandment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), at Jamia Millia Islamia University.
world news
Updated on Dec 18, 2019 09:35 pm IST

UN’s Michelle Bachelet sounds alarm over climate change’s impact on human rights

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet cited the civil wars sparked by a warming planet and the plight of indigenous people in an Amazon ravaged by wildfires and rampant deforestation.
world news
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 10:08 am IST

UN rights chief condemns ‘indifference’ over Syria bloodshed

A Syrian walks past damaged cars following a reported air strike on a market in the town of Saraqeb in the northwestern province of Idlib on July 26, 2019.
world news
Updated on Jul 26, 2019 05:39 pm IST

Citing India’s verdict on gay sex, UN rights chief urges countries to amend laws

Members of LGBTQ community participate the gathering to celebrate decriminalization of consensual gay sex at Bandra in Mumbai.
india news
Updated on Sept 26, 2018 02:45 pm IST

New UN human rights chief survived torture, lived in exile as a young woman

Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet speaks from her office at the Palais Wilson on her first day as new United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, September 3, 2018.
world news
Published on Sept 04, 2018 12:48 pm IST
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