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

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

Lebanon’s political and economic landscape is showing signs of a new chapter, according to Volker Türk, United Nations High ...

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

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made history on Tuesday by becoming the first U.N. rights chief ...

The U.N.'s human rights chief backed growing calls for the U.S. and Europe to lift sanctions on Syria as the country rebuilds ...

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 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said Wednesday that transitional justice is “crucial” to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations in Syria after the fall ...

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

Highlighting the importance of the work done by human rights defenders including journalists, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Monday pointed out that they are "key to ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged Syria’s new government to initiate a comprehensive national ...

Iran executed at least 901 people last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering their husbands to fend off rape or after being forced into marriage, the UN human rights ...