A Divided Vote for the UN’s Human Rights Chief
On 24 July, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly reappointed Volker Türk as High Commissioner for Human Rights for a further four years. Only 10 states – among them Israel, Russia and the USA – opposed the decision. Türk is an Austrian lawyer who’s spent almost his entire career in the UN system, from field […]
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