Tag: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet

UN rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions

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Summary Rights forum holds emergency session on Afghanistan Taliban treatment of women is a ‘red line’ – Bachelet EU joins consensus but regrets lack of international inquiry Amnesty Internationals regrets ‘shameful failure’ of session GENEVA, Aug 24 – The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that she […]

U.N. rights boss welcomes Biden stance against death penalty

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The U.N. human rights chief on Tuesday welcomed a pledge by U.S. President Joe Biden to work towards abolishing the death penalty in the United States. Biden, a Democrat, promised voters last year he would seek to end the federal death penalty, and took office last month as […]

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