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Belarus Must End Systematic Repression, Release Detainees, UN Human Rights Chief Says
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (17 March 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the Government of Belarus to end the systematic repression of perceived critics and immediately release all detainees held on political grounds, in a UN Human Rights ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Concludes His Official Visit To Uzbekistan With A Press Conference
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Barchaga assalomu alaykum (Good afternoon everyone). Thank you for coming and let me begin by thanking very much the Government of Uzbekistan for the invitation to visit. I have been warmly received over the past three days, and I have had frank ... More >>
2023 UN Human Rights Prize Open For Nominations
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/NEW YORK (14 March 2023) - Nominations are now open for the 2023 UN Human Rights Prize, which recognizes individuals and organisations for outstanding achievements in human rights. The award ceremony will take place at UN Headquarters in New York ... More >>
Global Update To The UN Human Rights Council By Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 6:24 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 7 March 2023 Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, This Council session focuses on a number of situations that are of particular concern, and we will be delivering statements in relation to country situations throughout this session. ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Sentencing Of Human Rights Defenders In Belarus
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 3 March 2023 The prison sentences delivered today in Belarus against four human rights defenders, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, on smuggling and extremism-related charges, are deeply troubling and indicative of the ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Cambodia
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:42 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 3 March 2023 Subject: Cambodia The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said today he is dismayed by the 27-year sentence handed down against ... More >>
Military’s ‘Four Cuts’ Doctrine Drives Perpetual Human Rights Crisis In Myanmar, Says UN Report
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 March 2023) – Myanmar’s military has created a perpetual human rights crisis through the continuous use of violence, including the killing, arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance of anti-coup opponents, a report published by ... More >>
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 >>