Un Rights Chief News

The UN rights chief, Volker Turk, has warned that artificial intelligence could pose an "existential" risk to humanity, citing "unfamiliar, even unprecedented"

The UN rights chief has raised concerns about arrests made in Zambia following the country's disputed election.

UN rights chief Volker Türk has expressed alarm over a significant increase in executions in Iran since March, with 56 individuals executed on national security

UN rights chief Volker Turk has reported that Iran executed at least 56 people since March, warning of a surge in executions aimed at suppressing dissent after

The United States and France are exchanging sharp words in a dispute over the potential second term of the UN human rights chief.

Volker Turk secured a new four-year term as UN rights chief with a 144-10 vote in the UN General Assembly, despite opposition from the US, Israel, and Russia.

UN rights chief Volker Turk has secured a second term despite opposition from the US and Israel. The Austrian lawyer is set to become the first UN rights chief