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Bookmark or Share- Volker Türk – WikipediaVolker Türk ist ein österreichischer Jurist und UN-Mitarbeiter. Am 8. September 2022 wurde er zum Hohen Kommissar der Vereinten Nationen für Menschenrechte ernannt.
- ‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says TürkThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights defenders in today's tumultuous global landscape in a speech on Monday to Wilton Park, the executive agency of the United Kingdom’s Foreign office. For many workers, defending human rights is not ...
- Volker Türk | OHCHR - UN Human Rights OfficeMr. Türk is the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. He took up his official functions as High Commissioner on 17 October 2022.
- Volker Türk - WikipediaVolker Türk (born 27 August 1965) is an Austrian lawyer and United Nations official. He has been the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since October 2022.
- UN rights chief urges voters to beware 'strongman' politicians who ...Türk blasted “attempts to muzzle” freedoms of expression and assembly and a free press, pointing to detentions of journalists in Azerbaijan — which hosts a U.N. climate conference in November — arrests of opposition leaders in Tunisia, and “undue restrictions on civic space” in China, among others.
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