united-nations” target=”_blank”>The United Nations human rights chief<, who said conditions Chinese authorities imposed on the visit did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the rights environment.
“As my term as high commissioner draws to a close, this council’s milestone 50th session will be the last which I brief,” she said, without giving a reason.
Some diplomats said they had expected Bachelet, a former president of Chile who is seen as close to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to stay on after her term expires later this year. There was murmuring in the Geneva Council room when she made the announcement.
In the same speech, she said her office was working on an updated assessment of the human rights situation in world-regions, where there are widespread allegations that mostly Muslim Uyghur people have been unlawfully detained, mistreated and forced to work.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends an event at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 3, 2021.
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CHINESE PRESIDENT XI DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD TO UN CHIEF
China denies all accusations of abuse in Xinjiang.
“It will be shared with the government for factual comments before publication,” she said of her report, without giving a timeline.
