"We need to commit to strengthening and implementing the human rights framework around missing people," Volker Turk told the General Assembly. He said the International Convention for the ...

The UN's Volker Turk has noted a worrying "fundamental shift" in the rights situation in Donald Trump's America. Among other things, he decried the huge powers of "unelected tech oligarchs.

I am now deeply worried by the fundamental shift in direction that is taking place domestically and internationally,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights ...