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Opening Remarks By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk At The 52nd Session Of The UN Human Rights Council
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 6:51 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 27 February 2023 Secretary-General, President of the General Assembly, President of the Council, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Human rights is the common language of our shared humanity. It is about how we interact with each other – ... More >>
Israel And Occupied Palestinian Territory: UN Human Rights Chief Concerned By Escalating Violence
Friday, 24 February 2023, 6:19 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (23 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday expressed concern at the escalating cycle of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory after 11 Palestinians were killed and at least 100 ... More >>
Israel: UN Human Rights Chief Expresses Concern Over Proposed Legislative Changes, Urges Pause
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (21 February 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today expressed concern that several sets of proposed legislative changes currently being considered in Israel’s parliament - the Knesset - would, taken together, pose serious ... More >>
Türk Deplores Human Cost Of Russia’s War Against Ukraine As Verified Civilian Casualties For Last Year Pass 21,000
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 5:48 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (21 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today deplored the human cost of the war in Ukraine that has left at least 8,006 civilians dead and 13,287 injured over the past 12 months, in addition to the numerous ... More >>
Italy: Proposed New Sea Rescue Law Puts More Lives At Risk - Türk
Friday, 17 February 2023, 6:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (16 February 2023) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Thursday expressed serious concerns about a proposed law in Italy that could hinder the provision of life-saving assistance by humanitarian search and rescue (SAR) organisations in the ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk After Shutdown Of Independent Media Outlet In Cambodia
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 6:52 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva (13 February 2023) – I am alarmed that the licence for the independent media outlet Voice of Democracy has today been revoked. I am concerned that this decision appears arbitrary as it was not preceded by a thorough and transparent process ... More >>
Haiti: Rise In Extreme Gang Violence Makes For “Living Nightmare” - Türk
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:05 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (10 February 2023) – Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, said a UN report* ... More >>
Human Rights 75 - Time To Transform Care And Support Systems – UN Human Rights Chief
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 6:13 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
For too long, we have relied on women and girls to provide care and support to family and community members, with three-quarters of unpaid care work being done globally by women and girls. This unpaid or underpaid work is socially unrecognized, reinforcing ... More >>
Türk Urges Investigation After Scores Killed In Somalia Clashes
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 6:08 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (7 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday called on the Somali authorities to ensure an independent, effective, and impartial investigation after scores of people were killed in clashes between ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Seif Magango After Second Journalist Killed In Cameroon
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 6:03 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva/Nairobi, 7 February 2023 We are deeply concerned about the safety of journalists in Cameroon following the killing of a second journalist in the country in two weeks. Jean-Jacques Ola Bebe, a radio presenter and Orthodox priest, was found dead on 2 ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Deplores Expulsion Of Representative From Mali
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 7:17 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (6 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday said he was deeply disturbed by the Malian authorities’ decision to declare the top UN Human Rights representative in the country as persona non grata . “I ... More >>
Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territory: UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Calls For The “Illogic Of Escalation” To Stop
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 7:48 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged an end to the “illogic of escalation that has been building up, to the detriment of the human rights of Palestinians and Israelis”. “Rather than ... More >>
Two Years After Coup, Myanmar Faces Unimaginable Regression, Says UN Human Rights Chief
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 January 2023) – Two years after the Myanmar military launched a coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis and has undergone a wholesale regression in human rights, UN Human Rights ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Russia
Friday, 27 January 2023, 6:52 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 26 January 2023 The court order to close down Russia’s oldest human rights organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), is yet another blow to human rights and civic space in the country. MHG was founded in 1976 and reported on human rights ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On The International Day Of Commemoration In Memory Of The Victims Of The Holocaust
Friday, 27 January 2023, 6:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ahead of International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on 27 January 2023 ‘Home and belonging’ Today, we remember and honour the victims of the Holocaust. The ... More >>
Türk Condemns Killing Of Eswatini Human Rights Lawyer, Urges Accountability
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 6:06 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
QUITO/GENEVA (23 January 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today condemned the brutal killing of leading Eswatini human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, who was shot dead in his home on 21 January. “Thulani Maseko was ... More >>
Rights Of Victims & Survivors Should Be At Centre Of Legislative Efforts To Address Legacy Of Northern Ireland Troubles
Friday, 20 January 2023, 6:02 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (19 January 2023) – Proposed amendments to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill should adequately ensure respect for the rights of victims, survivors and their families, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence On Sri Lanka Supreme Court Ruling
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 6:05 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 18 January 2023 The Human Rights Office notes the decision by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka directing senior government officials, including a former President, to compensate the families of the victims of Easter Sunday attacks in 2019, and urges ... More >>
Türk Alarmed At Abduction Of At Least 50 Women In Burkina Faso
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 6:21 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (16 January 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today expressed alarm at the abduction of at least 50 women in Burkina Faso on 12 and 13 January and called for their immediate and unconditional release. “I am ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Peru
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 7:12 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“We are very concerned at the rising violence in Peru, which on Monday 9 January saw one of the deadliest days since unrest erupted in early December. Since 7 December 2022, 40 people have died and 518 have been injured in clashes involving police and ... More >>
