Geopolitics

Bachelet: Right to social security, matter of ‘the utmost urgency’

New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday that the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and the changing world of work, makes the right to social security for all, “a matter of the utmost urgency.” more

Greater equality a ‘prerequisite’ for overcoming global crises: Bachelet

New York: In reviewing, assessing and acknowledging the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, enslavement and colonialism, the groundbreaking Durban World Conference of 2001, represen ...

In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for ‘bold steps towards compromise’

New York, June 23 (JEN): Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those de ...

DR Congo elections: ‘Excessive use of force’ in campaign must be avoided, says Bachelet

New York: Deadly pre-election violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sparked by police reportedly firing live ammunition at opposition supporters, has been condemned by th ...

Former Chilean President Bachelet put forward by UN chief as next High Commissioner for Human Rights

New York: She has twice been President of Chile, and on Wednesday, ground-breaking politician and women’s rights champion, Michelle Bachelet was nominated by the United Nations chie ...

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