The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced deep alarm over reports of summary executions of civilians ...

On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has launched a US$500 million funding appeal for 2025, to address global ...

As violence and urban combat escalate within Goma, civilians face grave risks – including from the use of explosive weapons ...

Press Release - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday said he was deeply alarmed by reports of summary executions of civilians allegedly by fighters and militia allied to the ...

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 United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and ...

On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday called ... While visiting Syria, Volker Türk also urged transitional justice for victims, saying it enhances public ...

Beirut, Lebanon - January 16, 2025 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, visited Beirut today as part of his trip to Syria and Lebanon from January 14 to 16 ...