Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief Türk

A full year of conflict in Sudan has already caused immense suffering and death but the situation could easily worsen with the news that the warring parties are arming civilians, UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/04/1148556
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Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief Türk
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Israel/ Palestine: UN urges parties to spare civilian lives

Israel/ Palestine: UN urges parties to spare civilian lives

10 Oct 2023

In Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, all parties must stop targeting civilians and Hamas and other armed groups must immediately release their hostages, UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday. 

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All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief

All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief

28 Feb 2024

All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian law including possible war crimes”, according to the UN’s top human rights official, Volker Türk.

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UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence as Gaza health and hunger crisis deepens

UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence as Gaza health and hunger crisis deepens

28 Dec 2023

Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against the backdrop of the war in Gaza the situation in the occupied West Bank is “rapidly deteriorating” amid levels of violence not seen in years, UN rights chief Volker Türk warned on Thursday.