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 ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has urged Israeli authorities to abandon proposed ...

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

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk condemned on Wednesday Israel's suspension of numerous aid agencies operating in Gaza, worsening an already intolerable situation for the people in Gaza. Türk urged ...

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 ...

The European Union is not immune to the erosion of fundamental human rights. That's the warning from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, as the world marks ...

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 UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday slammed Israel's threat to ban the operations of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...