Tag: UN Human Rights
UN Rights Chief arrives in Syria for first ever visit
Damascus, Syria—15 January 2025: This is a historical first. Never before has a United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner visited Syria. Given the atrocities...
UN wants rights chief to act on crimes against…
Lagos, June 20, 2024 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has been urged to provide a public update of...
UN Rights Chief troubled by increasing crackdown on journalists
Lagos, May 7, 2024 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was concerned by the increasing number...
UN Rights Chief on official visit to Burkina Faso
Lagos, March 20, 2024 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk arrived late afternoon Wednesday in Burkina Faso’s capital city of Ouagadougou....
UK’s Rwanda asylum moves undercut core rights protections – Right Chief
Geneva, Feb. 19, 2024 – Legislative moves by the UK Government to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum-seekers to Rwanda – including by drastically...
Myanmar: UN expert called for coordinated action as human rights and humanitarian crisis deepens
Myanmar: UN expert urges Member States to strengthen “growing trend” of coordinated action as human rights and humanitarian crisis deepens.