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Venezuelan lawmakers declare UN human rights chief persona non grata
Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...
“Ethnic Cleansing”: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Israel’s War in Gaza
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 ...
U.N. warns of worsening human rights conditions in Venezuela
Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...
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From flood to famine: Rainfall chaos fuels Africa’s drought crisis
Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts, and floods, have increased in frequency by a factor of two or three ...
U.N. sounds alarm over worsening human rights crisis in Venezuela
Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...
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Volker Türk Urges Global Action as Sudan Spirals Into Deeper Chaos
On 15 June, following a prolonged siege lasting over a year, the RSF launched an aggressive ground assault on El Fasher, a key city in North Darfur.
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Volker Türk, the U.N.’s New Human Rights Chief, Has a Lot to Do. - The New York Times
GENEVA — Barely a month after taking office as the United Nations’ new human rights chief, Volker Türk was in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region last week meeting victims of a conflict that has ...
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UN's Türk says more must be done to end 'horrific' crisis in Gaza
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is calling for fresh efforts by "all states with influence" to ease the "horrific" conditions in Gaza and the West Bank. "Resolving the ...
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Maduro reviews human rights situation in Venezuela with Türk
The meeting between Türk and Maduro lasted for about one hour. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk reviewed the situation in the ...
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UN's core values guide Volker Türk's career at UNHCR
On April 13th, 1989, a 24-year-old law student walked up to UN headquarters in Vienna for the first day of a short term contract. Few would have paid much attention to Volker Türk that morning. “I ...
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UNHCR's Volker Türk warns against growing politicization of refugee and asylum matters as number of forcibly displaced soars, urges new global compact
UNHCR's top International Protection expert warned today of growing risks to people fleeing war and persecution, and said a renewed spirit of commitment from governments worldwide to the core human ...
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Venezuelan lawmakers declare UN human rights chief persona non grata
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 ...