"It is crucial that we move towards the next phase of the ceasefire, to release all hostages and arbitrarily detained ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Damascus, Syria Jan 15, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] GENEVA -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk ...

GENEVA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Thursday underscored the necessity of upholding international law following U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Friday that the “worst may be yet to come” as he addressed an emergency meeting of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.

GENEVA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday warned that the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ...

United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk has condemned US Donald Trump's proposal for the US to "take over Gaza" and to displace Palestinians from their homeland, saying that ...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said civilians in eastern DRC ... throughout the sub-region has never been higher." The UN high commissioner for human rights said more than 500,000 people ...

The U.N. refugee agency has appealed to donors to bring forward planned payments after the Trump administration put hundreds ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, urged an immediate cessation of hostilities and adherence to international humanitarian law, Laurence added. The International Organization ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, affirmed that “the forced transfer of populations from occupied territories is absolutely prohibited” under international law, ...