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 Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

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

Gang violence in Haiti has led to the displacement of more than 700,000 people, forcing them to flee their homes for safety.

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

The UN rights chief calls for sanctions relief as he visits Syria for the first time::::Damascus, Syria ::Volker Turk, United ...

The UN on Tuesday urged Mozambique's security forces to refrain from the "unnecessary or disproportionate use of force" in the demonstrations ahead of Daniel Chapo's inauguration as president, ...

President Emmanuel Macron and key members of the government will meet in the coming days to decide how to respond to what ...

The UPR is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every four-and-a-half years. The UPR Working Group ...

Regional Editor Reyhana Masters takes a deep dive into the issues that dominated the electoral landscape in some of the ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk visits Damascus UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk visits ...

U.N. rights commissioner Volker Turk advocates for a Syrian national reconciliation to address crimes from the Assad family's 54-year rule. Turk, visiting Damascus post-Assad's fall, emphasizes ...