UN High Commissioner Volker Turk calls for $500 million funding by 2025 to address human rights globally. He highlights past ...

Interim Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry in downtown Beirut. Camera: WAEL HAMZEH.

This is a historical first. Never before has there been a visit by a United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner to Syria. I have been impressed by the bravery, fortitude, and resilience of the ...

Turk, an Austrian lawyer, will visit Syria and Lebanon from Jan. 14-16 and meet with officials, civil society groups, ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations' top human rights ... equity and inclusion programs. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk made the comments in a statement issued ...

(MENAFN) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, called on Tuesday for measures to ensure that the atrocities committed under the Assad Regime in Syria are never repeated.

UN Rights Chief Urges Reconciliation Process in First Syria Visit DAMASCUS (Reuters) - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ever visit of the global body's rights chief to the ...