The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over six weeks last summer ...

The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last ...

Volker Türk calls for accountability in the face of escalating violence, summary executions, and attacks on civilian ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed alarm Friday over reports of summary executions in Khartoum North, Sudan, where fighters allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan's recent decision to revoke ...

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that the human rights crisis in Goma, the capital of the North Kivu region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has left ...

In a statement that has raised concerns about the future of online discourse, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that the recent content moderation policy changes ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday a new $7.5 billion settlement with Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler Family for their role in the ongoing US opioid crisis, with the ...

He reiterated High Commissioner Volker Türk’s call for Israel to halt settlement expansion and evacuate all settlements as required by international law. “We call on all parties, including third ...

DAVOS (Switzerland), Jan 22, 2025 (BSS) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has said the UN fact-finding report on the atrocities during the July-August uprising is at final stage and ...

according to Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights. The report may be published in the middle of February, he said. The UN official made the remarks during a meeting with Chief ...