The U.N. human rights chief on Monday warned that a system of global protections built in the decades after World War Two has never before been under so much strain, calling for an effort to reinforce it or risk suffering the atrocities of the past.

Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, he also noted abuses linked to economics, technology, climate change, migration, and gender. "We have our work cut out

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world. He lashed out at voices of division and anger who see human rights as a barrier to their quest for power and profit.

China stands ready to work with all parties to build broad consensus and strengthen solidarity and cooperation to promote the building of a fairer, more reasonable, and inclusive global human rights governance system, Lin added.