Volker Turk
diplomat
Folkert Törke is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as repeatedly stated in the provided snippets. He has engaged with Russian officials and institutions, including responding to allegations of torture of Russian prisoners of war and addressing reports of attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russian regions. He has also expressed concerns about the risks posed by artificial intelligence and called for a ban on autonomous drones, while facing criticism from Russian officials regarding the methodology of data collection used by the UN in its reports on Ukraine.
Events
- Moscow, October 14. Russia's Ambassador to the UN, Rodion Miroshnik
- UN Warns AI Poses Existential Threat to Humanity
- The US delegation at the UN left the hall during a French…
Recent coverage
- Miroshnik called on UN OHCHR to discuss methodology for data collection and verification — Вести
- Main points from Rodion Miroshnik's statements at the meeting with UN Human Rights Commissioner Folker Turk: — ТАСС (Telegram)
- UN High Commissioner called to protect ICC from US sanctions — Вести
- Miroshnik: Turk's report on sexual violence in the Ukraine conflict is lame on both legs — Вести
- UN warns of threat to humanity from AI — Вести
- UN called for ban on autonomous drones after reports of their use by Russia in Ukraine — DW Главное
- At the UN, fears that AI development threatens humanity — Интерфакс
- France compared the US to North Korea on human rights situation; American diplomats boycotted French colleagues' UN speech — Meduza
- US diplomats left UN Security Council meeting during French representatives' speech — Дождь
- US departs from UN meeting due to France's criticism of its human rights policy — Вечерняя Москва
- American diplomats left UN meeting after criticism of human rights in the US — Коммерсантъ
- Miroshnik Accuses UN of Cynical Approach to Ukrainian Strike on Starobelsk — Вести
- Lantratova Submitted Appeals to the UN Regarding Ukrainian Attacks on Russian Regions — Ведомости
- Lantratova appealed to the UN over new Ukrainian attacks on Russian regions — Вести
- Lantratova to Send Terror Attack Investigation Data to the UN — Вести
- Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia and Belarus human rights reports will be sent to Turkey — Москва 24
- Russia appealed to the UN over Ukrainian forces' bus attack in Belgorod region — Ведомости
- Lantratova appealed to the UN after Ukrainian forces struck a bus in the Belgorod region — Коммерсантъ
- Lantratova Submitted Appeal to the UN After Ukrainian Forces Bombard Bus Near Belgorod — Вести
- Russian Ombudsman Addresses UN Regarding Ukrainian Shelling of Bus in Belgorod Region — Интерфакс