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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Volker Türk

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers a speech at the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, on September 9, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Holocaust Remembrance Day
UN rights chief warns antisemitism is ‘rampant,’ says Jews face increasing threats
By AFP and ToI Staff
Volker Turk says the upcoming 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation is a wake-up call to the dangers of de-humanization, complacency and apathy
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers a speech at the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, on September 9, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
January 24, 2025, 2:27 pm
UN rights chief warns antisemitism is ‘rampant,’ says Jews face increasing threats
Volker Turk says the upcoming 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation is a wake-up call to the dangers of de-humanization, complacency and apathy
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, January 10, 2025. (AP Photo/ Ben Curtis)
January 11, 2025, 11:31 am
Biden slams ‘really shameful’ Meta plan to scrap US Facebook, Instagram fact-checking
President says move ‘completely contrary to everything America’s about’; UN rights chief: Allowing hate speech to flourish online has ‘real-world consequences’
By Anuj Chopra
Portraits are exhibited behind a noose in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Berlin, Germany, on February 10, 2024. (STEFANIE LOOS / AFP)
January 7, 2025, 4:00 pm
Iran executed at least 901 people in 2024, UN tally of reports finds
UN rights office spokesperson says international body confident that ‘alarmingly, shockingly high’ figure is correct; increase in number of women executed, surge in use of hangings
By AFP
Soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza on October 25, 2024 (L-R): Sgt. Ido Ben Zvi, Sgt. Hillel Ovadia, Cpt. Barak Israel Sagan (Courtesy)
October 25, 2024, 6:36 pm
3 soldiers killed in north Gaza as troops raid hospital in pursuit of Hamas operatives
IDF says it has facilitated the evacuation of patients and sent in medical supplies; Palestinians say dozens detained; WHO says it has lost contact with Kamal Adwan Hospital
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Journalists film in front of destroyed buildings in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
October 18, 2024, 10:41 am
UN rights chief claims IDF evacuation orders in northern Gaza may be ‘war crime’
Volker Turk says directives could constitute ‘forcible transfer’ of civilians if not done for strictly military purposes; IDF says dozens of terror operatives killed Thursday
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, presents a global update on human rights in the world, during the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
September 21, 2024, 5:41 am
UN rights chief claims detonation of Hezbollah comms devices could be a war crime
At Security Council session requested by Lebanon, Volker Turk says he’s ‘appalled by the breadth and impact of the attacks’ while Lebanese FM calls Israel a ‘rogue state’
By AFP and ToI Staff
European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life Katharina von Schnurbein attends a meeting of Special Envoys and Coordinators on Combatting Antisemitism on January 30, 2023 in Berlin. (John Macdougall/Pool/AFP)
September 7, 2024, 10:54 pm
At UN workshop, envoys warn of ‘tsunami of antisemitism’ since Oct. 7
EU coordinator for Jewish life says current situation ‘reminds us of the darkest days of Europe’ as officials cite worldwide surge in anti-Jewish hate crimes
By AFP and ToI Staff
Families attend the funeral of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi at a cemetery in Petach Tikva, September 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 10:04 pm
UN Security Council to discuss Gaza hostages after 6 captives ‘summarily executed’
Israeli envoy Danny Danon requests debate, laments it took ‘barbaric, cold-blooded murder’ of 6 hostages to prompt meeting; UN human rights chief calls for probe
By Agencies and ToI Staff
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk listens to delegates after delivering his report of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 29, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
June 19, 2024, 2:55 pm
UN rights office: Israeli Gaza strikes may have ‘systematically violated’ laws of war
Report does not mention Hamas’s October 7 attack, cites six incidents with high casualty counts that it calls ’emblematic’ of a pattern of behavior on Israel’s part
By ToI Staff
Israeli hostages pictured after their rescue from Hamas captivity in Gaza on June 8, 2024. From left: Shlomi Ziv (IDF); Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir Jan (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); and Noa Argamani (Courtesy).
June 12, 2024, 12:34 am
All four rescued hostages released from hospital as UN raises possible ‘war crimes’
Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv clear post-captivity medical tests; rights body says Israel, Hamas may both be responsible for civilian deaths in rescue raid
By Agencies and ToI Staff
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk listens to questions from journalists during a press conference at the United Nations Offices in Putrajaya on June 4, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP)
June 4, 2024, 4:16 pm
UN human rights chief accuses Israel of ‘wanton’ killing in West Bank since Oct. 7
Volker Turk says it is ‘unfathomable’ that more than 500 West Bank Palestinians have died since start of war; Israel says vast majority killed during clashes amid arrest raids
By AFP and ToI Staff
View of the Jordan Valley from a military post near the West Bank settlement of Hemdat. The Jordanian villages of al-Balawinah and Kuraymah are seen in the distance, November 28. 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
March 22, 2024, 4:17 pm
Israel appropriates 1,976 acres of land in Jordan Valley, declaring it state land
Announcement follows West Bank settlement expansion earlier in March; new status will allow for hundreds of housing units to be constructed in addition to commerce zones
By ToI Staff and AFP
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk listens to delegates after delivering his report of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 29, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
March 19, 2024, 4:26 pm
UN human rights chief: Israel’s ‘extensive restrictions’ on Gaza aid may be war crime
Israel rejects notion it could be using starvation as a ‘weapon of war,’ saying this absolves Hamas of responsibility; asserts it is doing everything it can to increase aid
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
March 8, 2024, 3:26 pm
UN rights chief says settlement expansion a war crime, prevents Palestinian state
Volker Turk slams ‘shocking new levels’ of settler violence since October 7, notes alignment of current hardline government’s policies with settler movement
By Reuters and ToI Staff
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk listens to delegates after delivering his report of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 29, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
February 29, 2024, 8:03 pm
UN rights chief says ‘all parties’ guilty of war crimes in Gaza, as ex-hostage looks on
Volker Turk accuses Israel of ‘indiscriminate targeting,’ condemns rocket fire and kidnapping; Elan Tiv, whose father is still being held, shames those who applauded Palestinian envoy
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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