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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Chilean Michelle Bachelet listens to the media one year after she took office, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

Bachelet denied campaign took money from Brazil OAS company

By EVA VERGARA - Associated Press

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, attends the opening of 42nd session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN rights chief airs worries on climate change, migrant kids

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, attends the opening of 42nd session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN human rights chief cites continued abuses in Venezuela

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro holds up a miniature of a KC-390 plane during the Brazilian Air Force delivery ceremony of the first military aircraft KC-390, at the air base in Anapolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. The aircraft is capable of transporting and launching cargo and troops, as well as a wide range of missions: air evacuation, search and rescue, firefighting, air refueling and humanitarian aid. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro praises 1973 military coup in Chile

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics on Friday, July 5, 2019 shows a drawing by a migrant child at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas. The release of the pictures follows a government watchdog report warning about overcrowded South Texas facilities holding migrant families. (American Academy of Pediatrics via AP)

UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by conditions in US for migrants

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 22, 2019, photo migrants mainly from Central America guide their children through the entrance of a World War II-era bomber hanger in Deming, N.M. A panel of appeals court judges in California will hear arguments in the long-running battle between advocates for immigrant children and the U.S. government over conditions in detention and holding facilities near the southwest border. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) **FILE**

U.N. human rights commissioner blasts U.S. border situation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

William Castillo, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, talk about the situation of human rights in Venezuela, during the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, July 05, 2019. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Venezuelan envoy rejects ‘biased’ report at UN rights body

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, left, chats with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, as they walk out of a meeting at Miraflores Presidential Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 21, 2019. The United Nations' top human rights official is visiting Venezuela amid heightened international pressure on President Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

UN: 5,287 killings in Venezuela security operations in 2018

By JAMEY KEATEN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet poses for a photo with opposition lawmakers on the steps of the national assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 21, 2019. The United Nations' top human rights official is visiting Venezuela amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

UN human rights chief appeals for dialogue in Venezuela

By SCOTT SMITH and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this April 6, 2019, photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro raises his fist to supporters rallying at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) **FILE**

UN human rights chief makes first visit to Venezuela

By SCOTT SMITH and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

UN rights chief: Libya fighting endangers thousands of lives

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UN rights chief condemns ‘shocking’ Saudi mass executions

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Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, pose for photos after signing their agreement during a ceremony at the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Bachelet said Tuesday that her office will offer technical assistance to ensure that Mexico’s newly formed National Guard respects human rights. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

UN to help human rights training of Mexico’s National Guard

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FILE- In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, left, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe attend a special session held to mark the country's seventieth anniversary of the first parliament of democracy, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sirisena has kept his country’s internal political rift from spilling over to a UN human rights council meeting this week by abandoning plans to oppose his prime minister’s decision to co-sponsor a resolution that would give the island nation more time to address war crime allegations stemming from its long civil war. The co-resolution to be adopted on March 21, 2019 would give Sri Lanka two more years to investigate and prosecute suspects of rights violations. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka averts rift spilling over to UN rights session

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

UN rights chief bemoans Israel’s response to key Gaza report

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 file photo, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Chilean Michelle Bachelet, speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The U.N. human rights chief has delayed publication of a report on companies doing business in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying her office needs more time to complete a sensitive and unprecedented task. The move by Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 follows a campaign by the United States and others to squelch publication of what Israel called a “blacklist” that could drive away companies (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, file)

UN report on firms linked to Israeli settlements stalls anew

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2018, file photo, a Papuan activist with his forehead painted with banned separatist flag the &quot;Morning Star&quot; marches with others during a rally commemorating the 57th anniversary of the failed efforts by Papuan tribal chiefs to declare independence from Dutch colonial rule, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Activists in Indonesia’s mountainous jungle-clad Papua region risked imprisonment to collect 1.8 million signatures for a petition calling for self-determination but faced a dilemma: They were blocked from presenting it to the intended recipient, the United Nations. (AP Photo/Trisnadi, File)

Papuans get independence petition to UN despite obstacles

By STEPHEN WRIGHT - Associated Press

The Latest: UN office defends visits to check on migrants

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Chilean Michelle Bachelet addresses her statement during the opening of 39th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

In 1st key speech, new UN human rights chief airs concerns

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Chilean Michelle Bachelet addresses her statement during the opening of 39th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN teams to assess migrant treatment in Austria, Italy

By GEIR MOULSON and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press