Volker Türk
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Oct 11, 2026
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Las acusaciones se hacen eco de muchas de las denuncias formuladas desde hace años por presos que estuvieron en cárceles de Venezuela.
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El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, ha advertido que su oficina ha estado recibiendo denuncias que indican que los detenidos han seguido siendo torturados incluso después de la detención de Maduro.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has warned that his office has been receiving complaints that detainees have continued to be tortured even after Maduro's arrest.
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Maduro's arrest en-- El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, ha advertido que su oficina ha estado recibiendo denuncias que indican que los detenidos han seguido siendo torturados incluso después de la detención de Maduro.
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Türk afirmó en marzo que persistan preocupaciones estructurales y sistémicas en materia de derechos humanos en Venezuela luego de la salida de Maduro.
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Türk affirmed in March that there are still structural and systemic concerns in terms of human rights in Venezuela after Maduro's departure.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
Before stepping down, Ms Pile chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, whose 2025 report said that Israel's actions in Gaza constituted genocide.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
The current UN human rights chief Volker Turk welcomed the announcement, especially at a time when human rights are under attack on so many fronts, including from those who wield enormous power, he said.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
Six weeks after Nepal's deadly flooding disaster, communities are still struggling to rebuild their lives.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
But they'll need sustained help as global warming increases the risk of another Himalayan catastrophe, the UN Children's Fund said on Friday.
Nick EicherHOST
Rescue crews picked through debris after a Russian strike hitting two public buses in eastern Ukraine killed more than thirty people.
Nick EicherHOST
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk reacted.
Volker TurkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The scale and manner of these attacks, killing and injuring people on buses, at their homes and work in different areas of the country is reprehensible.
Nick EicherHOST
Meantime, Russia is stepping up attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure with power outages worsening in Kyiv.
Matthew Russell LeeHOST
Now, she was the High Commissioner of Human Rights when I was still in the UN before being ousted and censored by the corrupt Antonio Guterres regime.
Matthew Russell LeeHOST
And she, to her credit, unlike the current human rights commissioner Volker Turk, who's just a yes man, was essentially a pencil pusher for Guterres, no props, no chops.
Matthew Russell LeeHOST
She stood up to her nominator.
Matthew Russell LeeHOST
Ban Ki-moon.
Stefan BosCORRESPONDENT
Another reminder that Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II is far from over.
Stefan BosCORRESPONDENT
United Nations Rights Chief Volker Türk said he was appalled by what he called [bomb blasts] Thursday's horrifying strike.
Volker TürkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm appalled by the wave of attacks killing civilians across Ukraine over the past four days, including today's horrifying strike hitting two public buses that left at least 30 civilians dead in Kramatorsk, according to the local authorities.
Volker TürkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The scale and manner of these attacks, killing and injuring people on buses, at their homes and work in different areas of the country, is reprehensible.
Daniel SuhrCORRESPONDENT
His warning was about artificial intelligence.
Daniel SuhrCORRESPONDENT
Volker Turk is an Austrian lawyer who serves as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Daniel SuhrCORRESPONDENT
Have a listen to what he had to say at an AI summit in Oxford.
Daniel SuhrCORRESPONDENT
The
Camille BianchiHOST
[news jingle] Russia has blown up two buses, killing thirty people in the Ukraine city of Kramatorsk in the latest of a series of escalating attacks this week.
Camille BianchiHOST
United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk has responded this morning, saying he's appalled by the horrifying strike and Russia targeting civilians across Ukraine.
Camille BianchiHOST
Ukrainian authorities report at least eighty-five civilians have been killed, three hundred and forty-six injured in attacks since Monday.
Camille BianchiHOST
Meanwhile, UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced new sanctions on Russia during a visit to Ukraine.
JessicaHOST
Very different ways.
AlexHOST
At an AI summit in Oxford, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for binding global guardrails.
AlexHOST
He cited research showing a greater than ten percent chance of catastrophic global outcomes from unconstrained AI in the next decade.
AlexHOST
He is basically trying to hit the brakes.
Chris CochraneHOST
Nobody." Now, the same report fills in the political and financial backdrop.
Chris CochraneHOST
The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, spent that week urging coun- countries to attach safety and security guarantees, uh, to AI before, uh, in his phrasing, before it's too late.
Chris CochraneHOST
Now, the money keeps moving regardless.
Chris CochraneHOST
Both Anthropic and OpenAI, OpenAI are preparing for possible stock market debuts that could value each of them in the many hundreds of billions of dollars.
Scott WallaceHOST
Haiti's official election calendar is contingent upon adequate security conditions and sufficient funding.
Scott WallaceHOST
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk addressed the UN Human Rights Council on Friday.
Scott WallaceHOST
He said it was difficult to conceive that the conditions for credible elections would be in place later this year.
Scott WallaceHOST
Turk said at least 5,700 people were killed or injured in Haiti between January 1st and September 11th.
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