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Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Gaza
Monday, 20 November 2023, 9:42 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The horrendous events of the past 48 hours in Gaza beggar belief. The killing of so many people at schools turned shelters, hundreds fleeing for their lives from Al-Shifa Hospital, amid continuing displacement of hundreds of thousands in southern ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Gaza
Sunday, 29 October 2023, 7:01 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 28 October 2023 Last night’s bombardment and ground operations in Gaza by Israeli forces were reportedly the most intensive yet, taking this terrible crisis to a new level of violence and pain. Compounding the misery and suffering of civilians, ... More >>
Türk Urges Alignment Between EU, UN Rules On Business And Human Rights
Saturday, 28 October 2023, 6:50 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 October 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged European Union institutions currently finalizing a major new piece of legislation on corporate human rights due diligence to ensure it is aligned with internationally-accepted ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Israel/OPT; (2) Afghanistan/Pakistan
Saturday, 28 October 2023, 6:47 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 27 October 2023 Subject: (1) Israel/OPT (2) Afghanistan/Pakistan 1) Israel/OPT UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is appealing to all ... More >>
Türk Regrets Australia No Vote As Missed Opportunity, Urges Inclusion & Participation
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:06 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (24 October 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was deeply disappointed that a referendum on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples of Australia ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: OPT/Israel
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 20 October 2023 Subject: OPT/Israel With over 3,700 people killed in Gaza and 1,000 more presumed under the rubble, as well as 1,300 people killed in ... More >>
Peru: UN Human Rights calls for meaningful reforms to guarantee right to peaceful assembly, ensure inclusive dialogue
Friday, 20 October 2023, 6:13 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (19 October 2023) – Peruvian authorities must undertake meaningful reforms to ensure the exercise of human rights in the context of demonstrations, continue accountability efforts, and enable a decentralized and inclusive national dialogue, ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 8:03 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 17 October 2023 Subject: Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel With a staggering 4,200 people killed, over one million people displaced in just 10 days, ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Israel/OPT; (2) Sri Lanka; (3) Kyrgyzstan (4) ICC
Saturday, 14 October 2023, 6:09 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 13 October 2023 Subject: (1) Israel/OPT (2) Sri Lanka (3) Kyrgyzstan (4) ICC (1) Israel/OPT We continue to follow, with deepening horror, the desperate ... More >>
IPU And UN Human Rights Office Launch Toolkit To Encourage Parliaments To Champion Human Rights
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 5:48 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (11 October 2023) - The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the UN Human Rights Office have today launched a toolkit to help Parliaments better integrate human rights into their work. Parliaments and Human Rights: A self-assessment toolkit ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango Ahead Of Elections In Madagascar
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 6:04 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 10 October 2023 We are concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in Madagascar in the lead up to presidential election next month after security forces used unnecessary and disproportionate force to disperse four peaceful protests in ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief urges States to defuse “powder keg” situation in Israel and OPT
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 9:10 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN Human Rights Chief urges States to defuse “powder keg” situation in Israel and OPT, as incalculable suffering, massive death tolls take hold GENEVA (10 October 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday issued an ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Ukraine
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 7:19 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 6 October 2023 Subject: Ukraine The appalling scenes from the village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine underscore once again the terrible price ... More >>
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on unfolding situation in Israel and Gaza
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 6:08 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 7 October 2023 I am shocked and appalled at reports this morning that hundreds, possibly thousands, of indiscriminate rockets have been fired by Palestinian armed groups towards Israel, and that at least 22 Israelis have been killed and hundreds ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango Ahead Of Elections In Liberia
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 6:26 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 4 October 2023 We are concerned by reported instances of election-related violence, use of language that could amount to hate speech, and attacks on journalists in Liberia ahead of the general election on 10 October. At least two people were ... More >>
Guatemala: Sustained attempts to undermine democratic process extremely worrying – UN Human Rights Chief
Monday, 2 October 2023, 6:42 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (1 October 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Sunday expressed deep concern at the sustained measures, including actions by judicial authorities, which appear to be taken to undermine the outcome of the electoral process ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Viet Nam
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 6:01 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence Location: Geneva Date: 29 September 2023 Subject: Viet Nam The arrest, detention, and sentencing of human rights defenders in Viet Nam who advocate for the environment and the country’s ... More >>
Haiti: Un Human Rights Chief Urges International Policing ‘Lifeline’ To Help Way Out Of Security Crisis
Friday, 29 September 2023, 6:15 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (28 September 2023) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, today issued a clarion call for a multinational security support mission to help the Haitian National Police (HNP) combat the cycle of violence which has permeated ... More >>
Azerbaijan / Armenia - Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 6:08 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 26 September 2023 I am following with concern the evolving and fragile humanitarian situation. It is important that the rights of the ethnic Armenian population on the ground are safeguarded and all actions rooted in international law. Protection of ... More >>
Myanmar: Türk Calls For New Thinking To End “Unspeakable Tragedy”
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 5:52 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
54th Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on Myanmar Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 26 September 2023 Mr. Vice-President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Each day, the people of ... More >>
