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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks during a press conference in Geneva, 12 February, 2025

Video. Türk: 'Never take human rights for granted in any part of the world'

Updated: 10/12/2025 - 6:01 GMT+1

On International Human Rights Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasised the need to "reclaim" these fundamental values, which he says have been undermined in Europe.

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