UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...
UN rights chief arrives in Syria for first ever visit
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ...
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Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Adopts the annex to the present resolution, being the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner ... of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1 8. The High ...
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Over 5,600 killed in Haiti’s 2024 gang violence, UN human rights office reports
Haiti’s record violence highlights systemic issues of displacement, human rights abuses, and violence against women, with the ...
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Human rights records of 14 States to be examined by Universal Periodic Review mechanism
The UPR is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every four-and-a-half years. The UPR Working Group ...
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High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned about latest developments in Venezuela
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed his ... The Austrian Türk's office mentioned some 2,400 arbitrary detentions by Maduro's regime in the ensuing ...
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‘Hate speech has real consequences’ — UN rights chief calls for online content regulation
Volker Türk,the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, says regulating online content is not censorship.
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Breach/Valdez Award for Journalism and Human Rights in Mexico opens its 2025 Call
The Breach/Valdez Award highlights the importance of journalism in democratic societies. It underscores the obligation of ...