Volker Türk (born 1965) is an Austrian lawyer and United Nations official. He has been the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights since 17...

of human shields were war crimes. United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk noted that militant groups' "horrifying mass killings" were violations...

before he was due to retire. In his final letter to High Commissioner Volker Türk, he harshly criticized the organization's response to the war in Gaza...

dire humanitarian collapse. In November 2023, UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk described the Rafah Crossing as "gates to a living nightmare." The situation...

in Geneva, Switzerland. The eighth and current High Commissioner is Volker Türk of Austria, who succeeded Michelle Bachelet of Chile on 8 September 2022...

famine-like conditions "may already be present" in southern Gaza. On 19 March, Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, stated that Israel's restrictions...

Al-Shifa Hospital siege, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an independent investigation, stating "This is precisely where...

Miklič Türk (born 1948), Slovenian politician and former First Lady Berta Türk (1888–1960), Austrian-born Hungarian actress Christopher Turk, fictional...

tied. Following the discovery of the mass graves, UN human rights chief Volker Türk called for an independent investigation on the intentional killing of...

international criticism, including by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk who called for an independent investigation. International law prohibits...

an autopsy at the Mobile Lab of the Department of Forensic Sciences. Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemned Alabama's...

International Criminal Court." At the 54th session of the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights supported ecocide...

coalition government accused the court of having an antisemitic bias. Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said: "It is...

a state of disbelief, as "it seems they have no other place to go". Volker Türk, the UN human rights chair, stated he was "deeply worried by Israel defence...

the dead were from the city's el-Madriss and el-Jamarik neighborhoods. Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, deplored the killings and...

the protests. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, described some of the responses from law enforcement as "disproportionate...

Internet access was also severely disrupted. Reacting to the violence, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged Comoran...

500 new illegal settlements in the West Bank, UN human rights chief Volker Türk stated the transfer of Israel's population into the occupied territories...

numbers." Following the discovery of mass graves, UN human rights chief Volker Türk called for an independent investigation on the intentional killing of...

the violence. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement that the violence in Manipur "revealed the underlying...

displaced, and 55,000 civilian buildings had been destroyed. In March 2023, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, reported that...

add to the plight of the Nigerien people". The UN's human rights chief Volker Türk registered disagreement over plans by the junta to prosecute Bazoum,...

arrests" by Israel. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk referred to daily "violence from Israeli forces and settlers, ill treatment...

investigate any allegations of misconduct. United Nations rights chief Volker Türk said that he was "horrified" by the site and called for an international...

surrender. On 25 November the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said “Our Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has conducted a preliminary analysis...

one of its officers killed. A spokesperson for U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said "We are extremely alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating human rights...

Palestinian civilians in a strike on a hospital". UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, condemned the "totally unacceptable" and "horrific" strike and demanded...

them, as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk have called for Bazoum's immediate release. On 2 August, the World Bank...

to justice." On 25 November the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said: "Our Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has conducted a preliminary...

assault on women across the country, most of them blamed on the RSF. Volker Türk, the head of UN human rights, pointed out that the RSF was implicated...