UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. Photo: Collected

UN rights chief appeals for $400m as crises mount and funding shrinks

Last year it received $90 million less in funding than it needed, which resulted in 300 job cuts, directly impacting the office's work, Turk said in December

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. Photo: Collected

UN rights chief offers support to combat election misinformation

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. Photo: Collected

UN human rights chief calls for calm, probe after Hadi killing

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. Photo: Collected

Ensure fair trials for enforced disappearances so these abuses can never happen again: Turk to interim govt

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters

Venezuelan lawmakers declare UN human rights official Turk persona non grata

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters

Concerned about changes to legislation allowing ban on political parties in Bangladesh: UN rights chief

A videograb of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk presenting a fact-finding report on Bangladesh in Geneva today (5 March).

'Accountability absolutely the key': Turk presents UN report on Bangladesh uprising to member states

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters

Volker Turk to present UN fact-finding report on Bangladesh in Geneva tomorrow

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. File Photo: Reuters

It’ll be crucial to ensure due process in Bangladesh's criminal cases, probe revenge violence: UN

The rubble of destroyed buildings is seen, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, February 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Israel has shown 'unprecedented disregard for human rights' in Gaza: UN human rights chief

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

July uprising: Coordinated extrajudicial killings, torture carried out under direction of political leaders, security officers, says UN rights chief

Türk said the report would also be shared with the Bangladesh side ahead of its publication from the UN rights office in Geneva. Photo: UNB

UN fact-finding report on atrocities during July Uprising to be released by mid-February: UN rights chief

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk appears in a video link to brief the first meeting of the UN Security Council of 2025 on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question at UN headquarters in New York City, US, January 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar

Israel defends Gaza hospital raid, UN rights chief says its explanation is vague