Turk calls for coordinated approach to protect Myanmar refugees

"More than 2,400 Rohingya have sought to leave Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2022 alone, and I am deeply saddened that...

End destructive policies against Afghan women: UN rights chief

On 24 December, the de facto authorities issued a decree banning women from working in NGOs, TOLOnews reported. This...

Systematic exclusion of Afghan women continues, says Turk

While giving the opening statement at the press conference today, Turk said, "Afghanistan, where the continued...

UN rights chief alarmed at conduct of Myanmar military courts

At least seven university students were sentenced to death by a military court on 30 November, the Office of the...

UN rights body launches Iran human rights probe

The Council, meeting in a special session in response to the crisis that was sparked by the death in September in...

Iran is in a "full-fledged human rights crisis," says Turk

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Volker Turk on Thursday said that a "full-fledged"...

Volker Turk appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

New York [US], September 9 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed on Thursday Volker...

UN rights chief to publish Xinjiang report today

Geneva [Switzerland], August 31 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is set to release the...

Uncertain legacy of UN Rights chief's on Tibet issue

Lhasa [Tibet], August 31 (ANI): Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet is...

UN rights chief slams Israel's failure to grant visas for staff

Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday...

UN Official describes condemns situation of Afghan women

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief...

UN rights chief meets civil society representatives in B'desh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 17 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet met with a host of officials, civil...