Tag: Volker Türk

A new United Nations human rights report has raised alarm over the role of Sudan's globally significant gum arabic trade in sustaining the country's prolonged conflict, warning that one of ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group to ...

United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk  has issued an urgent warning that another major human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan, with civilians trapped in and around the besieged city of ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called for urgent and independent investigations into a sharp rise in deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, ...

United Nations Human Rights report has issued a stark warning over the continued global use and legacy of anti-personnel landmines, saying the weapons are still killing and injuring civilians decades ...

UN Rights Chief, Volker Türk has welcomed a newly announced peace agreement between the United States and Iran, describing it as a “fragile but significant step” toward ending a conflict that ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has issued a strong warning over the escalating hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, calling for urgent restraint from both sides as civilian ...

United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, has issued a stark warning that Sudan’s devastating civil war is approaching an even more dangerous stage, as escalating violence and the growing ...

According to a UN Human Rights Office report, the Government of Israel has "accelerated unlawful settlement expansion" and annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem ...

The United Nations has raised concern over a surge in deportations from the United States, particularly targeting non-nationals sent to third countries such as El Salvador.  According to Volker Türk, ...