A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been confirmed by the United States and Qatar, pausing the devastating ...

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

Volker Türk, the United Nations human rights chief, urges the lifting of Western sanctions on Syria following Bashar Assad's ousting. Türk emphasizes the importance of transitional justice and human ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

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

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

On Jan. 15, 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious injury when pilot Chesley Sullenberger gently ...

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

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

Allowing hate speech and harmful content online has real world consequences. Regulating this content is not ...

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

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed his views on moderating hate speech on social ...