United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk

Law Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul (L) and United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (R). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Death penalty abolition not feasible in current context: Asif Nazrul tells UN rights chief

He also stressed the importance of aligning any significant legal changes with societal aspirations

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

Bangladesh to see several visits from UN this year; Volker Turk likely to come this month

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Bangladesh

200 eminent citizens urge UN to address border killings by Indian BSF

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at the 57th session of the Human Rights Council. Photo: OHCHR
Bangladesh

Bangladesh student movement carried human rights as its torch: UN rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTERS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh now has an opportunity to chart a new future: Volker Turk

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin/File Photo
Middle East

UN rights chief calls on states to challenge Israel over occupation

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Bangladesh

UN rights chief urges probe of Bangladesh protest 'crackdown'

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters
Asia

UN Human Rights Chief to visit Malaysia for human rights, migrant issues

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

3 years after coup, rights crisis now in freefall in Myanmar: UN Rights Chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. File Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

International community must not forget Rohingyas, host community: UN rights chief

Israeli forces conduct near-daily raids in the occupied West Bank, killing dozens of Palestinians this year [File: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]
Middle East

UN condemns Israel's use of 'modern military weaponry' in Jenin

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Bangladesh

UN Rights chief urges to amend Bangladesh's Digital Security Act