UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Presents His Annual Report | HRC56

Presenting his annual report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the international community to end conflict and protect human rights. Mr. Türk spoke in Geneva, Switzerland, on 18 June 2024, during the first day of the Council's 56th session.

00:00 "The cruelty of war."
01:25 Palestine (Gaza), Israel
03:44 Lebanon, Israel
04:21 Ukraine
05:10 Sudan
06:18 Democratic Republic of Congo
07:07 Syrian Arab Republic
07:52, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
08:49 South Sudan
09:27 Haiti
10:16 War, Climate Change and Human Rights
13:26 Inequality and Human Rights
14:53 Sri Lanka
15:21 Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia
15:48 Argentina
16:31 The Human Rights Economy
17:49 Racism
18:19 Brazil, Colombia, United States of America
18:51 European Union
20:10 The rights of women and girls
20:40 Afghanistan
21:18 Islamic Republic of Iran
22:18 Bigotry and hate speech
23:19 Human rights defenders
24:02 Guatemala
24:23 Yemen
25:19 Belarus
25:59 Azerbaijan
26:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Turkiye
26:31 Peru
26:50 Mexico
27:02 China
27:58 Southeast Asia
28:29 Positive developments
32:43 Attacks, threats and reprisals against the United Nations

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