The following is a comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza: "I am horrified by last night's Israeli airstrikes and shelling ...

GENEVA, March 18, 2025 (WAFA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Tuesday voiced his horror over Israel’s resumption of aerial attacks and violent bombardment in the ...

After Israeli airstrikes killed at least 413 people on Tuesday morning, there were demands that 'this nightmare must end immediately,' as international reactions poured in.

The head of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, Volker Türk, is lumping in concerns about the rise of “unelected” so-called “tech oligarchs,” which he says is as “equally alarming” as war and ...

Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and climate change ...

Stephen Sackur speaks to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. As conflicts destroy millions of lives around the world, are we sleepwalking into a dystopian future?

The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States when it comes to human rights. Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for ...

Israel's accelerating settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian Territories amounts to a war crime, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said. Türk's office said it documented ...

The arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte is supported by overwhelming evidence of widespread and systematic ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned of escalating violence in Syria in a statement on Sunday, ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has said the human rights violations, including killings and ...

The Bangladesh Army has responded to recent remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, clarifying that it was not directly contacted regarding the concerns he raised in an ...