The death toll from Kenya’s anti-government protests has risen to 31, with 107 injured and over 500 arrested. Protesters are ...

The death toll from Kenya’s latest anti-government protest has surged to 31, according to the state-funded human rights ...

Ministerial Meeting of the Bali Process, Bali, Indonesia, 23 March 2016. Statement by Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

There are many things that happened in this war that are clearly war crimes,” Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, says about Israel’s war on Gaza. Democracy Now!'s Amy ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who arrived in the island yesterday (23) on an official visit has held discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the ...

Five leading international human rights organisations have called on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who arrived in Colombo yesterday (23) on a four-day visit, to ...

Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, held a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the Prime Minister’s Office on 23 June. Prime Minister Harini ...

Gender-based violence is rising - especially in conflict – something which is a “shameless repudiation of the basic rules of warfare,” according to the UN human rights chief Volker Türk. “We are not ...

The Danish shipping giant Maersk will divest from companies linked to Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, after a sustained pressure campaign by activists, led by the ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday said she would authorize the construction of a new nuclear power plant to replace the Indian Point nuclear power station, which was permanently shut down ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk will meet government, religious leaders, victims, civil society, UN representatives and diplomats during his visit in Sri Lanka. ..