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Michelle Bachelet

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

Michelle Bachelet

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Michelle Bachelet is saying that the main issue today is not creating rules about human rights, but making sure those rules are actually followed. The focus has shifted from setting standards to enforcing and respecting them in practice.

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