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.

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.

On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that human right worldwide are under threat by “warmongers” and “autocrats”. Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday,