GENEVA (24 July 2025) – The Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States’ obligations regarding climate change is a sweeping victory for all those who are fighting to ...

The UK Government proscribed Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 after some of its members broke into a military airfield in June and reportedly spray-painted two military aircraft, among ...

Full interview with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in Geneva, Switzerland. The conversation touched on ...

Afghan authorities have urged nationals to return, pledging amnesty for anyone who left after the Taliban returned to power ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk cautioned on Thursday that the UK government's decision to label the pro-Palestine group, Palestine Action, under terrorist legislation may contravene international ...

Staffordshire Police has urged protestors to be 'cautious of affiliation' after the government proscribed Palestine Action as ...

A UN report released on Thursday highlights cases of serious human rights violations against Afghans who were forcibly ...

The UN human rights chief says his office has received credible reports indicating widespread violations and abuses, ...

Democracy Now! recently interviewed U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in Geneva, Switzerland. The ...

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that the latest Israeli displacement orders, followed by intensive attacks, on southwestern Deir El Balah, in the Gaza Strip, have ...

The UN Human Rights chief, Volker Türk, has deplored the killing of dozens of civilians by both parties amid ongoing hostilities in Sudan's Kordofan region over the past week.

BERLIN — The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday approved a veteran Austrian diplomat to be the global body’s human rights chief and its advocate for adherence to universal righ… ...