The Latest Breaking News from Volker Turk

Residents in east Khan Younis receive leaflets telling them to flee as UN rights chief warns there are no safe places.

The World Health Organization has already warned about 'an unusually large number of cases of diarrhoeal disease in Gaza'

Has Israel breached international law in Gaza with its military response to Hamas's atrocities? The UN's human rights chief says that both sides have committed war crimes. Volker Turk pointed to Hamas's horrific attacks on October 7, as well as the militant group continuing to hold hostages. But he also…

‘We have fallen off a precipice. This cannot continue’

International pressure expected to redouble at conference in Paris called by French President Emmanuel Macron

Prime minister rules out general ceasefire as Israel marks a month since Hamas attack

‘This will be my last communication to you,’ top official says in letter addressed to UN’s High Commissioner in Geneva

‘Robots can’t replace senior clerics, but they can be a trusted assistant that can help them issue a fatwa faster’

The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan's people

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday issued a grim warning about the “environmental horror” being suffered by countries on the frontlines of climate change – adding that food insecurity and human rights crises were now a lethal reality.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk calls on Dhaka to create a ‘safe’ environment for activists and civil society leaders.