UN human rights chief Volker Turk has expressed grave concerns over increasing human rights violations in eastern Congo, ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase. He spoke at an ...

UN High Commissioner Volker Turk calls for $500 million funding by 2025 to address human rights globally. He highlights past ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region. "The risk of violence ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in extra-budgetary resources ...

Volker Turk, the UN human rights chief, said an estimated 3,000 people were killed and nearly 2,900 wounded in an upsurge in violence since January 26. He said the real figures are “probably a ...

Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has launched an appeal to raise USD 500 million for 2025 to address global human rights needs.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk told an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council that he was deeply disturbed by the ...

we expect no let-up in major challenges to human rights," High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told member states in a speech at the U.N. in Geneva. "I am very concerned that if we do ...

"It is crucial that we move towards the next phase of the ceasefire, to release all hostages and arbitrarily detained ...

GENEVA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday warned that the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...