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Türk Urges Coordinated Approach To Save Rohingya At Sea
Saturday, 31 December 2022, 6:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (30 December 2022) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called for a coordinated regional approach to protect the thousands of desperate Rohingya who risk their lives by undertaking perilous sea voyages . “More than 2,400 Rohingya ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Chief Calls For End To Destructive, Destabilizing Policies Against Women
Wednesday, 28 December 2022, 6:15 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 December 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to revoke immediately a raft of policies that target the rights of women and girls, noting both the “terrible, ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights V Türk On Reported Ban On Women Attending University In Afghanistan
Thursday, 22 December 2022, 6:26 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 21 December 2022 The reported decision by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to ban women from attending university is another appalling and cruel blow to the rights of Afghan women and girls and a deeply regrettable setback for the entire ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson J Laurence On Deportation Of Salah Hammouri From Occupied Palestinian Territory
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 5:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
19 December 2022 The UN Human Rights Office condemns Israel’s deportation of Palestinian-French human rights defender Salah Hammouri to France on Sunday, and we are deeply concerned by the chilling message this sends to those working on human rights in the occupied ... More >>
Human Rights Situation In Nicaragua - Statement By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk
Sunday, 18 December 2022, 5:34 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
15 December 2022 Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Those of us who love the great Latin American writers know how the theme of revolution and magical thinking has dominated their work. Some authors have also described the shadow ... More >>
UN Human Rights Report Urges Re-think Of Temporary Labour Migration Programmes
Saturday, 17 December 2022, 1:10 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (16 December 2022) - States must do more to uphold the human rights of migrant workers, the UN Human Rights Office said today as it launched a new report on temporary labour migration programmes within and from the Asia-Pacific region – the largest ... More >>
South Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief Urges End To Violence In Upper Nile State
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 8:11 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (14 December 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said today he was appalled by attacks against civilians by armed elements amid a surge in violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State and urged authorities and community ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Peru
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 7:50 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 12 December 2022 With violence increasing as protests continue in Peru, we are deeply concerned that the situation may escalate further. Given the number of protests, including strikes, planned for this week, we call on all involved to ... More >>
Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights, Opening Statement Press Conference
Saturday, 10 December 2022, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 9 December 2022 Good morning, it is nice to see you again, on the eve of Human Rights Day 2022, when we launch our year-long campaign to mark 75 years since the adoption of the miraculous, transformative text of the Universal Declaration ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Concludes His Official Visit To Ukraine
Friday, 9 December 2022, 7:11 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Kyiv, 7 December 2022 Good afternoon and thank you all for coming. I have been here now for four days, in sub-zero temperatures. I have seen for myself the horrors, suffering and the daily toll that this war against Ukraine by Russia has had on the ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief Alarmed At Death Sentences By Secretive Military Courts
Saturday, 3 December 2022, 5:22 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (2 December 2022) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed shock that more than 130 people have now been sentenced to death by military courts behind closed-doors in Myanmar since the military launched a coup last year, following ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Iran; (2) Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 5:35 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokespeople for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence and Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 22 November 2022 Subject: (1) Iran - ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Execution Of Seven People In Kuwait
Friday, 18 November 2022, 5:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
17 November 2022 The execution of seven people in Kuwait this week is disturbing. According to the authorities, the seven were executed on Wednesday. They included four Kuwaiti nationals – three men and a woman – an Ethiopian woman, a Pakistani ... More >>
Somalia: Türk Decries Steep Rise In Civilian Casualties Amid Surge In Al-Shabaab Attacks
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 5:46 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (14 November 2022) – A steep rise in civilian casualties in Somalia, due largely to attacks by the Al-Shabaab armed group, has exacerbated an already grim human rights and humanitarian situation for the people of Somalia, UN High Commissioner ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Deportation Of Haitians From Dominican Republic
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 4:55 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 10 November 2022 “A week ago I called for deportations to Haiti to stop, given the human rights and humanitarian crises the country is facing. I am troubled to see that forced returns of Haitians to Haiti from the Dominican Republic are continuing. ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Egypt; ((2) Syria
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 6:50 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani / Jeremy Laurence Location: Geneva Date: 8 November 2022 Subject: (1) Egypt; (2) Syria 1) Egypt The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday expressed ... More >>
Egypt Must Immediately Release Alaa Abdel Fattah – Türk
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 6:49 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (8 November 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday expressed deep regret that the Egyptian authorities have not yet released blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, whose life is reportedly at imminent risk ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Yemen; (2) Afghanistan
Saturday, 5 November 2022, 5:15 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence Location: Geneva Date: 4 November 2022 Subject: (1) Yemen (2) Afghanistan 1) Yemen It is now just over a month since the expiry of a UN-mediated truce in Yemen that started on ... More >>
Ethiopia: Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Signing Of Cessation Of Hostilities Agreement
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:03 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 3 November 2022 Yesterday’s agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is an encouraging and bold step towards ending the two-year-old conflict that has claimed many lives, caused widespread ... More >>
Haiti: International Community Must Act Now To Avert Tragedy - Türk
Friday, 4 November 2022, 5:59 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 November 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that unremitting armed violence has precipitated Haiti’s descent into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation in decades. Urgent solutions to ... More >>
