Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

There are many things that happened in this war that are clearly war crimes,” Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, says about Israel’s war on Gaza. Democracy Now!'s Amy ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

I am gravely alarmed by the steps taken or being considered by Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine to withdraw from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, ...

The UN's top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.Speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, High ...

Gender-based violence is rising - especially in conflict – something which is a “shameless repudiation of the basic rules of ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk expressed his complete support for the direction Sri Lanka ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasized the importance of Sri Lanka's domestic accountability in handling human rights issues. Speaking in Colombo, he highlighted the need ...

United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk is here on an official visit, with a packed agenda. He is however needed most in Gaza, which has become a human rights blackhole, with ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Türk speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, “persona non grata,” criticizing the U.N. official for ...