UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk

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

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

To restore social cohesion and trust in institutions of the state, it will be crucial to rebuild the civic space that was progressively strangled in recent years, he says

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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

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

There must be no further violence or reprisals in Bangladesh: UN Human Rights Chief

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

Malaysia grapples with exploitation, ill-treatment of migrant workers: UN rights chief

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

Rakhine turns into battleground again, civilians paying a heavy price: Turk