UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk

Türk said the report would also be shared with the Bangladesh side ahead of its publication from the UN rights office in Geneva. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

UN fact-finding report on atrocities during July Uprising to be released by mid-February: UN rights chief

Prof Yunus said reports of the six major independent commissions would also come out around the same time

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk appears in a video link to brief the first meeting of the UN Security Council of 2025 on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question at UN headquarters in New York City, US, January 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar
Hamas-Israel war

Israel defends Gaza hospital raid, UN rights chief says its explanation is vague

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

'End impunity for crimes against journalists, protect media workers': UN rights chief

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

Fact-finding mission probing allegations of attacks against minorities: Türk

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

Fact-finding mission probing allegations of attacks against minorities: Volker Turk

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk meets Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at his office at Tejgaon in Dhaka today on 30 October 2024. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

UN mission report on Jul-Aug violence expected in Dec: Volker Turk

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

'All killings need to be investigated': UN rights chief

Photo: PID
Bangladesh

No decision taken yet over opening of UN Human Rights body office: Adviser Touhid

UN rights chief Volker Turk (C) looks at graffiti on the walls of Bangladesh's Dhaka University marking the uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina. Photo: Abdul Goni / AFP
Bangladesh

UN rights chief urges Bangladesh to 'protect' democracy after revolution

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk with Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Refaat Ahmed at the Supreme Court on 29 October 2024. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

UN rights chief lauds chief justice for Bangladesh's judiciary reforms

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

UN HR chief Volker Turk to visit Bangladesh this month

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

UN fact-finding team to probe rights violations committed from 1 July to 15 Aug 

Logo of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Photo: OHCHR
Bangladesh

UN team will visit Dhaka soon to discuss modalities for investigation of human rights violations