The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has visited the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus.

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a rival military, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting since April 2023 in ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights defenders in today's ...

Lebanon’s political and economic landscape is showing signs of a new chapter, according to Volker Türk, United Nations High ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made history on Tuesday by becoming the first U.N. rights chief ...

Volker Türk, the United Nations human rights chief, urges the lifting of Western sanctions on Syria following Bashar Assad's ousting. Türk emphasizes the importance of transitional justice and human ...

The U.N.'s human rights chief backed growing calls for the U.S. and Europe to lift sanctions on Syria as the country rebuilds ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said Wednesday that transitional justice is “crucial” to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations in Syria after the fall ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 15 (UPI) --U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Wednesday that the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and emphasized that ...

Highlighting the importance of the work done by human rights defenders including journalists, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Monday pointed out that they are "key to ...