Geneva, May 29 (IANS) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday called for more robust measures by both states and tech companies to make online platforms safer for children, and insisted on effective regulation, oversight, and accountability. “The digital world that connects children to learning, community and creativity also exposes them to real risks to their safety, privacy and wellbeing,” Turk said in a statement.He added that online harms to children’s safety, priva…
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London, May 29 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s legal counsel has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, raising serious concerns about the UN Fact-Finding Report published on February 12 last year regarding Bangladesh 2024 protests, calling the findings “highly inaccurate”. In his letter addressed to Turk, Steven Powles said that it had also emerged from official records of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government that th…
Geneva, May 22 (IANS) The Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations in Geneva demanded on Friday that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and his Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) publicly condemn the Kyiv regime’s attack on the college in Starobilsk.”We demand that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and his Office (OHCHR), as well as the relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council, find the strength to publicly condemn this…
Geneva, May 22 (IANS) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk on Friday warned against the continued forced repatriation of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers from host countries to Afghanistan, calling it a violation of international human rights and refugee law. “Afghan women, children and men continue to be pushed out of countries where they had sought safety, forcing them to return to Afghanistan against their will and exposing them to grave risk,” said Turk.Accord…
United Nations, May 12 (IANS) Airstrikes and drone attacks in Sudan’s Kordofan and Darfur states have killed dozens of civilians, including women and children, UN humanitarians have said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday (local time) said its local sources reported that on Friday, strikes in South Kordofan and North Kordofan states killed at least 26 civilians. Armed clashes and additional airstrikes were also reported around El Obeid and the town of Ba…
Geneva, March 2 (IANS) Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has praised the vibrancy of civil society in India, highlighting that it continues to play a key role in upholding the country’s democratic traditions and the rights of minorities. At the same time, while presenting his global update to the ongoing 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council last week, Turk slammed Pakistan and China for the worrisome human rights situation that exists in the countries.The…
United Nations, Feb 28 (IANS) As the United Nations Security Council prepared for an emergency session on Saturday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned what he called the “military escalation in the Middle East”. He said the US-Israel use of force against Iran and Tehran’s retaliation across the region “undermine international peace and security”.France’s President Emmanuel Macron, who said the US-Israel attack on Iran has “grave consequences for international peace and security”, calle…
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, on Friday called for calm and respect for human rights and humanitarian law, especially the protection of people, amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan which has claimed several lives, including of Afghan civilians. Bennett stressed immediate de-escalation as Pakistan launched Operation ‘Ghazab lil-Haq’ against Afghanistan, targetting several military installations…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The India AI Impact Summit 2026 here has brought together global leaders, policymakers, and technology experts, who are highlighting both the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and the urgent need for responsible governance.Speaking to IANS, World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Carl Skau said the agency already has a strong advantage in deploying AI due to its vast data resources and global logistics network.”W…
Geneva, Jan 24 (IANS) The UN human rights chief condemned in a statement the repeated use of “unnecessary or disproportionate force” in US immigration enforcement.Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed shock at “the now-routine abuse and denigration of migrants and refugees.”He said many people arrested and detained lack timely access to legal counsel and effective means to contest their detention and removal decisions, Xinhua news agency reported.Turk urged the United…