United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and said transitional justice is "crucial" after the overthrow of Syrian ...

Volker Turk has become the first UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Syria, where he met with the country’s de ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ...

Caption: Families displaced by gang violence take refuge in a private school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 14. Gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in last year, a 20 per cent ...

United Nations and World Health Organization officials slammed Israel's relentless targeting of healthcare facilities in Gaza ...

Greece, a UN Security Council member, called for Gaza ceasefire, stressing need for dialogue and diplomacy in dealing with humanitarian crisis ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday expressed concern over ongoing Israeli attacks on healthcare ...

I am deeply alarmed at the recent announcement by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan that non-governmental organizations’ licenses will be revoked if they continue to employ Afghan women.

Still, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said the report's findings pointed to "blatant disregard for international humanitarian and human rights law". "As if the relentless ...