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

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

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is calling for fresh efforts by "all states with influence" to ease the "horrific" conditions in Gaza and the West Bank. "Resolving the ...

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 ...

VOLKER TÜRK: So, the fact that UNRWA was vilified in the way that it was actually shows that there is a total misunderstanding of the role of the United Nations. We are here to provide relief.

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On April 13th, 1989, a 24-year-old law student walked up to UN headquarters in Vienna for the first day of a short term contract. Few would have paid much attention to Volker Türk that morning. “I ...