The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has visited the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus.

The free-speech advocate was among several activists detained ahead of President Nicolas Maduro’s swearing-in last week.

Here are some of the findings from UNAIDS' new report on HIV and human rights, and what they could mean for the fight against ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...

Interim Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk ...

The UN Human Rights Committee found 24 young detainees on Nauru experienced “cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment”. But are ...

UN watchdog finds refugees and asylum seekers suffered deterioration of physical and mental health in offshore detention ...