Reparations needed for people facing racism, says UN rights chief in landmark report

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 file photo Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. In a landmark report launched after the killing of George Floyd in the United States, Bachelet on Monday June 28, 2021, is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end discrimination, violence and systemic racism against people of African descent and “make amends” to them, including through reparations. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, file)