Friday, 7 May 2021, 5:05 pm
GENEVA (6 May 2021) - UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm over
the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to
undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights
institutions (NHRIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean by
Governments and others in positions of power.
Over the
last two years, the UN Human Rights Office has received
increasing complaints from NHRIs (Defensorías del Pueblo,
Procuradurías para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos,
Ombudsperson Offices) in the region, who have been harassed
and threatened by Governments, parliamentarians, officials,
vigilante groups and others simply for doing their work and
OHCHR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Governments and others in positions of power.
Over the last two years, the UN Human Rights Office has received increasing complaints from NHRIs (Defensorías del Pueblo, Procuradurías para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Ombudsperson Offices) in the region, who have been harassed and threatened by Governments, parliamentarians, officials, vigilante groups and others simply for doing their work and fulfilling their mandate.
GENEVA (6 May 2021) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Governments and others in positions of power.
Over the last two years, the UN Human Rights Office has received increasing complaints from NHRIs (Defensorías del Pueblo, Procuradurías para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Ombudsperson Offices) in the region, who have been harassed and threatened by Governments, parliamentarians, officials, vigilante groups and others simply for doing their work and fulfilling their mandate.
Bachelet alarmed by attempts to undermine national human rights institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
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GENEVA (6 May 2021) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Governments and others in positions of power.
Over the last two years, the UN Human Rights Office has received increasing complaints from NHRIs (Defensorías del Pueblo, Procuradurías para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Ombudsperson Offices) in the region, who have been harassed and threatened by Governments, parliamentarians, officials, vigilante groups and others simply for doing their work and fulfilling their mandate.