In recent weeks, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has denounced airstrikes by the army against a market in Rakhine State: at least 50 dead, according to a preliminary count. #Myanmar #Trump #terreRare (translated)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk condemned the desperate situation in the city of Oleshky, located in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region, on Friday, and urged Russia to allow civilians to evacuate. #Paliaubos #OleškųMiestas #Ukraina (translated)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, also condemned the "desperate" situation in the city and called on Russia to allow the evacuation of civilians, the reports state. #ПрекратяванеНаОгъня #ХуманитарнаКриза #КонфликтВУкрайна (translated)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated at the time that the situation is a direct result of the actions of the Israeli government. #Gaza #Hamas #humanitárníkrize (translated)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated at the time that the situation is a direct consequence of the actions of the Israeli government. #PásmoGazy #humanitárníkrize #izraelskáblokáda (translated)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stated that the live broadcast of an execution is equivalent to a public execution and would violate the prohibition of torture. #kivégzés #FortHood #NidalHasan (translated)
The office reminded that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, commenting on the public executions of the death penalty in Afghanistan and Iran, emphasized that such practices are considered cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. #nāvessods #cilvēktiesības #ASV (translated)
I am shocked by the repeated attacks in recent days by the Houthis against airports in Saudi Arabia, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of Saudis and foreign citizens, mainly the horrific attack yesterday," emphasized Volker Turk in a statement. #Υεμένη #ΣαουδικήΑραβία #ΟΗΕ (translated)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed his dismay at the "appalling strike" on Thursday against two buses in Ukraine, which resulted in 30 deaths. #Ukraine #Zaporijjia #guerre (translated)
"The live broadcast of an execution is equivalent to a public execution and would violate the absolute prohibition of torture," said the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in a statement to the AFP news agency on Friday. #Hinrichtung #Trump #Menschenrechte (translated)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called the step unacceptable on Friday and urged the international community not to allow these measures to have a chilling effect on the court staff or deter anyone from cooperating with the institution. #NemzetköziBüntetőbíróság #szankciók #NobelBékedíj (translated)
The American decision was condemned on Friday evening. The European Commission expressed that it "deeply regrets" the step taken by the U.S. UN human rights chief Volker Türk called it "unacceptable." #InternationaalStrafhof #VSsancties #internationalerechtsorde (translated)
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk described the measures as "unacceptable" and also called for the lifting of all previously imposed sanctions. #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationalesRecht (translated)
These sanctions - the latest in a series of retaliatory measures against the ICC and its personnel for the work they do every day to advance accountability for the most serious human rights violations - are unacceptable," said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement. #CPI #sanctions #droitinternational (translated)
It amounts to a public execution and would violate the absolute prohibition of torture. Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated to Agence France-Presse that the live broadcast "equates to a public execution and would violate the absolute prohibition of torture." #ExecuçãoPública #NidalHasan #DireitosHumanos (translated)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated that the award is a "reaffirmation that human rights, the rule of law, and justice, as well as accountability for all, are fundamental – for peace, security, and prosperity." #Friedensnobelpreis #Menschenrechte #Israel (translated)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, stated that the Pillay award is a collective victory for human rights and for all those who seek justice and accountability, including through the International Criminal Court. #NobelovaNagrada #LjudskaPrava #MedjunarodnoPravo (translated)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said that the Pillay award is a collective victory for human rights and for all those who seek justice and accountability, including through the International Criminal Court. Türk closely collaborated with Pillay during her tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014 and described her as the "embodiment of international law." #ljudskaPrava #NobelovaNagradaZaMir #MeđunarodniKazneniSud (translated)
The award is particularly significant "at a time when human rights are under attack on so many fronts – including from those who wield enormous power," says Austrian UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. #Nobelpreis #Menschenrechte #NavanethemPillay (translated)
To say it is deserved is an understatement, especially at a time when human rights are under attack on so many fronts, including by those who hold immense power. A "very strong signal," a "recognition, a reaffirmation of the fact that human rights, the rule of law, justice, and accountability are fundamental to everything, peace, security, and prosperity," defined Volker Turk, High Commissioner for Human Rights. #NobelPace #DirittiUmani #CortePenaleInternazionale (translated)
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