Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks deemed terrorism face execution – while settlers enjoy impunity despite soaring West Bank violence
The death penalty is morally repugnant. How much more so, th…
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Volker Türk
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UN human rights chief calls on US to conclude probe into Iran school strike ⊖
The strike - which killed at least 168 people, mostly children - "evoked a visceral horror", Volker Türk said.
3 months ago
UN rights chief says Israeli policy in West Bank 'resembles apartheid system' ⊖
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Israel says Volker Türk's office makes "absurd" accusations in a report that details what the UN calls "systemic discrimination" against Palestinians.
With Trump’s military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe | Volker Türk ⊖
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This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of law
Volker Türk is UN high commissioner for human rights
The …
4 months ago
'Never take human rights for granted in any part of the world,' UN's Volker Türk says ⊕
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On International Human Rights Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasised the need to "reclaim" these fundamental values, which he says have been undermined in Europe.
Mass killings probe in Sudan will hold culprits to account, vows UN ⊖
"There has been too much pretence and performance, and too little action," says UN human rights chief Volker Türk.
7 months ago
The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial ○
This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped out
Day by day, the death toll rises, the war crimes mount, and the outrage grows. Last Wednesday,…
8 months ago
UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief ○
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Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
The UK government’s ban on Palestine Action limits the rights and freedoms of people in the…
10 months ago
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza overnight as UN human rights chief warns of ‘ethnic cleansing’ – Middle East crisis live ○
UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk says ‘we must stop the clock on this madness’
- Israel launches major offensive in Gaza
An Iraqi political official, speaking to the Associated Press (AP…
13 months ago
Entire families reportedly killed in fighting in north-west Syria, UN says ○
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Human rights commissioner calls for investigation into ‘extremely disturbing’ attacks in Latakia province
The UN has condemned what it called “extremely disturbing” reports of entire families being ki…