New UN Human Rights Chief on his First Day in Office: "Human Rights are Humanity's Common Language"

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: October 17, 2022; 13:25 ♦ (Vindobona)

As of today, the Austrian Volker Türk is in office as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Already experienced, Türk has dedicated his life to championing human rights and will act as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as of today.

The new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. / Picture: © UN United Nations

As of today, the Austrian Volker Türk is the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Today, the former Under-Secretary-General for Policy in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General took up his post in New York.

Volker Türk has dedicated his long and distinguished career to the promotion of universal human rights, in particular the…