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b'UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, addresses the current challenges which the UN Security Council faces in the protection of human rights globally. In the context of an alarming increase in human rights violations across the globe, High Commissioner Bachelet argues that only a bolder and more determined approach by all multilateral institutions, including the Security Council, can meet these severe challenges to the protection of human rights.\\n\\nThis webinar is a part of the IIEA\\u2019s Global Europe Project, supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs.\\n\\nAbout the speaker\\n\\nMichelle Bachelet is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Bachelet was elected President of Chile on two occasions (2006 \\u2013 2010 and 2014 \\u2013 2018). She was the first female president of Chile. She also served as Health Minister (2000-2002) as well as Chile\\u2019s and Latin America\\u2019s first female Defense Minister (2002 \\u2013 2004). In 2010 she chaired the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, a joint International Labor Organization (ILO) and World Health Organization (WHO) initiative, which sought to promote social policies to stimulate economic growth and social cohesion. In 2011, she was named the first Director of UN Women, an organisation dedicated to fighting for the rights of women and girls internationally. She has recently pledged to be a Gender Champion, committing to advance gender equality in OHCHR and in international fora.'