After a Bangladesh court s entenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity in November 2025 ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday urged Israeli authorities to abandon proposed legislation that would introduce mandatory death sentences applying exclusively to ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday urged the Israeli government to abandon proposed legislation that would mandate death sentences solely for Palestinians in specific cases in both ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on Israeli authorities to withdraw a new draft law that would impose the deat ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm over escalating tensions between the US and Venezuela following the ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief warned Thursday that the world is at an especially dangerous moment in history, with disregard and disrespect for international law “reaching a ...

On April 13th, 1989, a 24-year-old law student walked up to UN headquarters in Vienna for the first day of a short term contract. Few would have paid much attention to Volker Türk that morning. “I ...

GENEVA – With wars and violence uprooting record numbers of people worldwide, UNHCR’s international protection chief today called for a renewed spirit of multilateralism to provide effective refugee ...

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is one of the most difficult jobs at the international body. On the one hand, some UN member-states are corrupt dictatorships that ...

The Star City’s beloved Drumstick Dash returns on Thursday, and we’re working for you to ensure you’re fully prepared. FILE - United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant High ...

GENEVA - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today urged the Israeli authorities to drop plans to introduce new legislation that would impose mandatory ...

BERLINBERLIN — The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday approved a veteran Austrian diplomat to be the global body’s human rights chief and its advocate for adherence to universal rights at a time when ...