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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 64

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Volker Türk

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers a speech at the opening of the 54th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, on September 11, 2023. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
October 10, 2023, 4:38 pm
UN human rights chief: Israel’s total siege of Gaza ‘prohibited’ by international law
High Commissioner Volker Turk says people’s dignity and lives must be respected, stresses Israeli obligation ‘to spare the civilian population and civilian objects’ during attacks
By AFP and ToI Staff
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers a speech at the opening of the 54th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, on September 11, 2023. (Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP)
September 13, 2023, 9:46 pm
UN rights chief implicitly attacks Musk’s ‘trolling campaign’ against ADL
Volker Turk also urges more action against online hate speech; billionaire says anti-defamation group makes baseless accusations of antisemitism
By AFP
Eritrean migrants who oppose and support that country's regime clash in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023 (Omer Fichman/Flash90)
September 5, 2023, 5:04 am
UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by injury toll during south Tel Aviv unrest
Volker Turk singles out Israel while expressing dismay at fighting between rival Eritrean groups in various places, orders authorities to avoid hate speech
By AFP
United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk answers AFP journalists' questions during an interview at his office, in Geneva, on January 4, 2023. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
July 27, 2023, 2:18 pm
UN human rights chief tells Israel to ‘heed the calls’ of anti-overhaul protesters
In statement, Volker Turk lauds mass demonstrations, says they ‘demonstrate the extent of public disquiet at the extent of fundamental legislative changes’
By ToI Staff
United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk answers AFP journalists' questions during an interview at his office, in Geneva, on January 4, 2023. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
July 4, 2023, 9:54 pm
Violence in Israel, West Bank ‘must stop,’ UN rights chief says
Volker Turk calls for end to violence after Jenin operation and Tel Aviv terror attack, criticizes Israeli airstrikes
By AFP and ToI Staff
A firearms instructor looks on as Israelis train at a firing range in the Givat Ze'ev settlement outside Jerusalem, on February 12, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
March 30, 2023, 9:35 pm
Israelis seek out gun ownership amid spike in Palestinian attacks
Minister announced plan to speed up licensing in wake of deadly shooting outside Jerusalem synagogue; gun range owner: ‘Even those who didn’t want one realized they needed one’
By Jonah Mandel
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan, November 16, 2022. (Marwan Ali/AP)
February 21, 2023, 4:47 pm
UN rights chief urges ‘pause’ to Israeli judicial overhaul; PM pans ‘absurd’ remarks
High Commissioner for Human Rights warns proposals will undermine judiciary’s ability to act ‘as an effective institutional check on executive and legislative power’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A weapons' store in the West Bank's Gush Etzion settlement bloc, February 1, 2023. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 4, 2023, 11:52 am
UN criticizes Israeli plan to ease gun ownership requirements after terror attacks
International body’s rights chief Volker Turk: ‘The proliferation of firearms will lead to increased risks of killings and injuries of both Israelis and Palestinians’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People gather outside of an Iranian diplomat's residence to denounce the Iranian government and the recent execution of a protester on December 10, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
January 10, 2023, 4:00 pm
Iran ‘weaponizing death sentence’ to scare off anti-regime protesters, UN charges
Global organization’s rights body says Islamic Republic is wielding threats of criminal proceedings and death penalty to quash dissent, urges it to listen to grievances instead
By AFP
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
December 27, 2022, 5:32 pm
UN warns Taliban curbs on women will have ‘terrible consequences’
Rights chief Volker Turk says policies excluding half of Afghanistan’s population will destabilize country, with effects rippling beyond borders
By AFP
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan, November 16, 2022. (Marwan Ali/AP)
December 15, 2022, 2:04 pm
UN rights chief details Russia’s summary killings of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians
Over 400 executed in first 6 weeks of invasion, including children; actual figure likely ‘considerably higher,’ Human Rights Council hears
By AFP
A protestor with red tears painted on her face during a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran, in Toulouse, south-western France, on December 3, 2022. (Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
December 9, 2022, 5:12 pm
UN rights chief: Iran seeks ‘chilling effect’ with execution of protester
Volker Türk says Tehran clearly trying to frighten other demonstrators, calls on Islamic Republic to end executions and free those arrested
By AP
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