UN rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was troubled by the increasing number of journalists being charged, convicted and jailed in Russia and called for an immediate halt to the "crackdown". The ...

The U.N. General Assembly, which is the body responsible for policy-making, has not passed a formal resolution condemning ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk decries the latest series of Israeli strikes on Gaza that has killed mostly women and ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement he was “horrified” by the scenes reported from both the Nasser and Al Shifa medical complexes in the besieged enclave.

UN: “A large-scale operation in Gaza would violate human rights” “A large-scale attack cannot be launched in Rafah because it ...

I deplore all hostile acts that jeopardise the entry and distribution of critically needed humanitarian aid into Gaza. The handful of land crossings into Gaza serve as lifelines for the supply of food ...

Rafah threat is inhumane, says UN Human Rights Chief  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday, ...

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 ...

Earlier Tuesday, U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Shifa medical center in Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis as ...