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Volker Turk

Volker Türk is an Austrian lawyer and United Nations official. He has been the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since October 2022.

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🇨🇭CHE
cameoplus · 2026-04-17
Appeal for release of persons in Geneva
UN rights chief urges immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
🇩🇪DEU
cameoplus · 2026-04-15
Provide humanitarian aid in Berlin
EU pledges €1.3 billion Sudan aid and supports arms embargo
🇨🇭CHE
cameoplus · 2026-04-15
Appeal for mediation in Geneva
UN rights expert renews calls for dialogue and accountability in Sudan
🇩🇪DEU
cameoplus · 2026-04-15
Meet at third location in Berlin
Sudan conference seeks solutions to humanitarian catastrophe amid civil war
🇺🇸USA
cameoplus · 2026-04-14
Make statement in United Nations Headquarters
UN human rights chief says reparations key to dismantling systemic racism
🇬🇧GBR
conflict · 2026-04-11
Protest with intervention in Trafalgar Square
London police arrest 212 at pro-Palestinian rally over Palestine Action ban
🇮🇱ISR
conflict · 2026-04-09
Shelling/artillery/missile attack in Manara
Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel after Lebanon attacks
🇮🇷IRN
conflict · 2026-04-07
Peaceful protest in Iran
Iranians form human chains at bridges and power plants over Trump threat
🇺🇸USA
cameoplus · 2026-04-07
Reject proposal to meet/negotiate in Washington
Deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz as Trump rejects ceasefire offer
🇨🇳CHN
cameoplus · 2026-04-04
Engage in negotiation in China
China’s mediation welcomed by Pakistan and Afghanistan as talks resume
🇸🇳SEN
cameoplus · 2026-04-04
Sign formal agreement / law in Dakar
Senegal President signs tough new laws against homosexuality
🇺🇸USA
cameoplus · 2026-04-03
Make statement in Washington, D.C.
Trump delivers address to nation on war with Iran
🇸🇳SEN
cameoplus · 2026-04-02
Accede to reform demands in Dakar
Senegal President signs tougher anti-LGBT law doubling jail terms
🇸🇳SEN
cameoplus · 2026-04-01
Impose state of emergency/martial law in Dakar
Senegal to impose harsher punishments for homosexuality