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

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

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

Highlighting the importance of the work done by human rights defenders including journalists, the UN High Commissioner for ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visited the notorious Sednaya prison near Damascus, describing it as ...

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

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

With much of Gaza now in ruins, human rights must be at the front and centre of the reconstruction in the Strip, when it becomes possible, and the rebuilding of people’s lives, the High Commissioner ...

Israel has defended its recent raid on a hospital in northern Gaza, asserting that the facility was being used by militants.

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (AFP) - United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for ...

The United Nations has expressed its alarm after it received reports of arbitrary detentions and intimidation in Venezuela ...