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 United Nations Human Rights Office’s report on Sri Lanka details entrenched and systemic rights violations—including ...

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 ...

El Fasher, which has endured over a year of siege and near-constant violence, remains in a dire humanitarian state. Monday’s ...

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 ...

The new high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, is taking on a difficult legacy in a tough office. This is why the world needs a strong UN human rights high commissioner, now more than ever.

Volker Türk, in a wide-ranging speech, also lamented dozens of conflicts around the world, widespread violations of human rights law that have impacted millions, and displacements caused by war ...

When Volker Türk applied for the job last year, Russia had already invaded Ukraine, the Taliban were busy repressing women in Afghanistan, and the world was emerging from a pandemic which showed ...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nominated Volker Türk, his top policy chief, late Wednesday and the 193-member assembly quickly approved the appointment by consensus with a bang of the gavel ...