UN rights chief: ‘Don’t leave the climate crisis for our children to fix’

Global heating is a burning human rights issue, as extreme weather and climate disasters threaten humanity’s universal right to food, UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday.

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UN rights chief: ‘Don’t leave the climate crisis for our children to fix’

Human rights belong at the heart of climate change debate, urges Türk

02 Nov 2022

Humanity’s basic right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Wednesday.

A woman sits outside what remains of her home, after it was destroyed during heavy shelling in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Türk: Accountability needed for ‘shocking’ violations by Russian forces in Ukraine

12 Jul 2023

The continuing lack of accountability for the violations and abuses committed by Russian forces in Ukraine is deeply concerning, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday.

Right to development can save world from ‘destructive spiral’: Türk

01 Mar 2023

UN rights chief Volker Türk has issued an urgent appeal to all countries to support people’s right to development, as a way out of the world’s current “destructive spiral”.