Call for accountability Ms. Shamdasani said that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, "repeats his call for all reported killings and other alleged violations and abuses of international ...

The Kenya Police on Tuesday came under global spotlight for use of live ammunition ...

Amid Kenya’s most violent day of protests this year, the national death toll from Monday’s unrest has risen sharply to 31, the Kenya National Human Rights Commission confirmed on Tuesday. Sadly, this ...

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 ...

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

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 ...

The United Nations human rights chief yesterday urged Sri Lanka to ensure accountability for crimes committed during its protracted ethnic war. Volker Turk told a panel discussion in Sri Lanka's ...

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 ...