Hundreds of protesters and others have been killed and an unknown number injured or detained in Tanzania following protests ...

GENEVA – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday urged investigations into the killings and other violations committed ...

The United Nations called Tuesday for an investigation into what is believed to have been the deaths of hundreds or more ...

The United Kingdom has suspended intelligence sharing with the United States on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean ...

The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are ...

Guiding Türk’s career is a commitment to seeing the international community support refugees and stateless people and also to support the communities who host them. “What we do has its worth.” He ...

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief said Israel’s warfare in Gaza is inflicting “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” on Palestinians and urged government leaders on Monday to “wake up” and ...

From Iran to Ukraine to Xinjiang in China, Volker Türk will have no shortage of challenges as he steps into one of the United Nations’ most delicate roles. By Nick Cumming-Bruce GENEVA — Barely a ...

The UN's human rights chief has condemned US military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and ...