Full interview with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in Geneva, Switzerland. The conversation touched on ...

Democracy Now! recently interviewed U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in Geneva, Switzerland. The ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk cautioned on Thursday that the UK government's decision to label the pro-Palestine group, Palestine Action, under terrorist legislation may contravene international ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is calling for fresh efforts by "all states with influence" to ease the "horrific" conditions in Gaza and the West Bank. "Resolving the ...

VOLKER TÜRK: So, the fact that UNRWA was vilified in the way that it was actually shows that there is a total misunderstanding of the role of the United Nations. We are here to provide relief.

Volker Türk, 57, is not widely known outside the United Nations, but he was seen as the front-runner in a field of 13 candidates interviewed for the role.

The proposal of Volker Tuerk, currently under-secretary-general for policy in Guterres’ office, needs to be approved by the U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ...

Volker Türk, the new UN high commissioner for human rights, assumes a tough legacy by Maram Stern, Opinion Contributor - 10/28/22 8:30 AM ET ...

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 ...

UNHCR's top International Protection expert warned today of growing risks to people fleeing war and persecution, and said a renewed spirit of commitment from governments worldwide to the core human ...

GENEVA – UNHCR’s international protection chief called today for a return to a “more empathic and humane dialogue” focusing on human dignity, to counter fraught debates about refugees. In a key ...

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 ...