As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

There are many things that happened in this war that are clearly war crimes,” Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, says about Israel’s war on Gaza. Democracy Now!'s Amy ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

GENEVA — Barely a month after taking office as the United Nations’ new human rights chief, Volker Türk was in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region last week meeting victims of a conflict that has ...

On 15 June, following a prolonged siege lasting over a year, the RSF launched an aggressive ground assault on El Fasher, a key city in North Darfur.

Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts, and floods, have increased in frequency by a factor of two or three ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is calling for fresh efforts by "all states with influence" to ease the "horrific" conditions in Gaza and the West Bank. "Resolving the ...

Volker Türk, the new UN high commissioner for human rights, assumes a tough legacy by Maram Stern, Opinion Contributor - 10/28/22 8:30 AM ET ...

On April 13th, 1989, a 24-year-old law student walked up to UN headquarters in Vienna for the first day of a short term contract. Few would have paid much attention to Volker Türk that morning. “I ...

UNHCR's top International Protection expert warned today of growing risks to people fleeing war and persecution, and said a renewed spirit of commitment from governments worldwide to the core human ...