“I am hugely relieved by the news of the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza, and it is imperative that it now holds,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.

DAMASCUS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for ... wounded in Israeli strike on a car in Gaza, Israel says fired at 'suspicious' vehicle ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk speaks during a press conference in Damascus, on Wednesday (AFP photo) DAMASCUS — United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was “crucial” for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, during the first-ever visit by someone in his post to ...

Volker Turk has become the first UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Syria, where he met with the country’s de facto leader.

DAMASCUS: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk , Wednesday called for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ensure justice for crimes committed over the past five decades ...

Gaza ceasefire Highlights: The long-awaited ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached late Wednesday. The latest deal could end more than a year of bloodshed in the Middle East.

At least eight people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza, as Israel sent several senior officials for talks on a potential ceasefire.

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that will see 33 hostages set free and a phased withdrawal of IDF forces from parts of Gaza has been reached. The pause in the fighting will take effect ...

Despite the announcement that Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire and hostage-for-prisoner exchange agreement on Wednesday, the question of who is going to govern Gaza after the war's end ...