“As my term as High Commissioner draws to a close, the fiftieth session of this Council will be the last I inform,” he said in a surprise statement at the end of a lengthy speech to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. She later said the decision was not related to the trip, adding that she intended to return to Chile and spend time with her family. “Two months ago, before I even went to China, I made a decision and informed my boss, the Secretary-General (Antonio Guterres). So it has nothing to do with it,” he told reporters. Some diplomats said they expected Bachelet, Chile’s former president, to remain in office after ending her four-year term later in August. A murmur was heard in the Geneva Council Hall when he made the announcement. In her speech, she said her office was working on an up-to-date assessment of the human rights situation in China’s western Xinjiang region, where there are widespread allegations that mostly Muslim Uighurs have been illegally arrested, abused and forced to work. China denies all allegations of abuse there. “It will be communicated to the government for factual comments before publication,” she said of her report, which was due to be published months ago. Asked about the schedule, Bachelet said it would be released before the end of her term. Kenneth Roth, executive director of the Observatory for Human Rights, described her trip to China as a “recurring disaster” and criticized Bachelet for using China’s “VETC” term for vocational education and training centers to describe detention facilities. Xinjiang. She repeated the term in her speech on Monday. Regarding the situation of rights in Russia, he said that the arbitrary arrest of a large number of protesters there who oppose the invasion of Ukraine is “worrying”. Bachelet also expressed concern about abortion restrictions, citing the United States, where the Supreme Court is expected to overturn a landmark ruling on abortion rights nationwide.
