The former president of Chile and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bacheletwarned yesterday, at a press conference, that In our country there is a movement and a legislative agenda against human rights.
“Polarization has deepened in recent months and there are worrying signs that anti-rights movements are gaining ground. I am concerned that hate speech against adversaries, migrants and others and discrimination and violence could be exacerbated during the local and regional elections that will be held in October”, invoked the former president.
In that sense, when approached by the press, expressed concern against the bill that aims to change the name of the Ministry of Women to the Ministry of the Family.
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“Someone could say what matters, it is a name change, but what is behind it is also how one looks at the situation of women in Peru, how one does not take care of women, who are a more marginalized and discriminated sector. . They are initiatives that seem minor, but there is an anti-rights agenda in the background that worries me,” he said. Bachelet.
It should be noted that such legislative proposal was born from Peru Libre, one of the parties related to the government of peter castle.
During her visit to Peru, the High Commissioner met with various movements that watch over human rights and also with relatives of people who suffered violence between the 1980s and 1990s, such as forced sterilizations, and the repression of the government of Manuel Merino in 2020.
Earring. There is no penalty for sterilizations. Photo: Gerardo Marin/The Republic
“Places like the Ojo que Llora in Lima or the Hoyada in Ayacucho honor the victims and help overcome the past. The victims of the November 2020 protests have also shown similar strength in their pursuit of justice. A young man I met in one of my meetings said it clearly: my generation is fed up with impunity,” stressed the former president of Chile.
When approached by La República regarding the Inti and Bryan case because Congress last month decided to shield former President Manuel Merino and his former ministers Ántero Flores-Aráoz and Gastón Rodríguez responded that as long as there is impunity, there will be no concrete measures to get to the truth.
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Impunity. Congress protected Merino in the Inti and Bryan case. Photo: diffusion
“I am a person who is convinced that any situation must be investigated (…) Impunity is that concrete measures are not taken (…) I believe that the truth is necessary and that the only way (to get there) is with the due process,” he said.
He also assured that in his meeting with representatives of the CongressThey promised him that they will review whether they approve the Escazú Agreement. Likewise, Bachelet demanded that the election of the new Ombudsman respect the standards of transparency.
