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Burundi has shut down the United Nations human rights office in the African country, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement on Tuesday.
"It is with deep regret that we have had to close our office in Burundi after a 23-year presence in the country," Bachelet said. "Since the UN Human Rights Office in Burundi was established in 1995, for many years we worked with the government on peacebuilding, security sector reform, justice sector reform and helped build institutional and civil society capacity on a whole host of human rights issues."
Read more: Burundi peace talks falter as government fails to attend
"Unfortunately, many of these human rights gains have been seriously jeopardized since 2015," Bachelet said.
Burundi has been in a political crisis since April 2015, when President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term in office.
At least 1,200 people have been killed and more than 400,000 others displaced due to violence, according to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has opened an investigation.
Burundi forces UN human rights office to close | DW | 05.03.2019
It's almost like the ICC and the UN don't get why.
"It is with deep regret that we have had to close our office in Burundi after a 23-year presence in the country," Bachelet said. "Since the UN Human Rights Office in Burundi was established in 1995, for many years we worked with the government on peacebuilding, security sector reform, justice sector reform and helped build institutional and civil society capacity on a whole host of human rights issues."
Read more: Burundi peace talks falter as government fails to attend
"Unfortunately, many of these human rights gains have been seriously jeopardized since 2015," Bachelet said.
Burundi has been in a political crisis since April 2015, when President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term in office.
At least 1,200 people have been killed and more than 400,000 others displaced due to violence, according to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has opened an investigation.
Burundi forces UN human rights office to close | DW | 05.03.2019
It's almost like the ICC and the UN don't get why.
