"UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS- UNHCHR"

“I strongly condemn this wanton violence, in which both sides have trampled international humanitarian law,” said the UN human rights chief Volker Türk at the opening of the Council’s Special Session on Sudan. UNTV CH

The United Nations High Commissioner Volker Türk just issued a press statement this morning in which he called for immediate cessation to hostilities and for the Sudan Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to return to the negotiating table. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “The Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine has thrown us back to an archaic era. An era when a neighboring country’s territory could be attacked and taken, at will, as one’s own. When the identity and history of communities could be denied, and reality rewritten.” UNTV CH

During a General Assembly meeting on the issue of missing persons in Syria, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “The cornerstone is the establishment by the General Assembly of a new international institution to clarify the fate and whereabouts of the missing, and to provide support to victims and their families.” UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the adoption in Uganda of draconian new legislation targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual people was devastating and deeply disturbing, and called on President Yoweri Museveni not to promulgate it into law. OHCHR

A new report published today by the UN Human Rights Office concludes that gross human rights violations are being committed across Belarus. UNTV CH

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk conducted an official mission to Venezuela, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

A Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said that “criminal proceedings and the death penalty are being weaponized by the Iranian Government to punish individuals participating in protests and to strike fear into the population so as to stamp out dissent, in violation of international human rights law.” UNTV CH

Speaking to reporters at the end of his first official visit to Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “I urge all those who are involved in this political process to set aside entrenched positions, power games and any of their personal interests, and to focus on the common interests of the people of Sudan.” OHCHR

A month over since the expiry of an UN-mediated truce in Yemen, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said they “ are gravely concerned for the safety and security of civilians.” UNTV CH