Statements on the grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

• ​​​​Press briefing I 16 November 2023
  UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk briefs States on his visit to the Middle East | OHCHR.
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• Press conference I 10 November 2023
  Press conference by UN High Commissioner Volker Türk at the end of his visit to Amman, Jordan
• Media stakeout I 8 November 2023
  Following his visit to the Rafah crossing, in Egypt, UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk, in Cairo said, “in Rafah I have witnessed the gates to a living nightmare,” Türk said.
• Story I 8 November 2023
  “The Rafah crossing has been the symbolic lifeline for the last month for the 2.3 million people in Gaza (..)These are the gates to a living nightmare.” Türk said during at Rafah Border Crossing in Egypt.
• Story I 7 November 2023
  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk began a visit to Egypt and the region.

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• Press Releases | 22 December 2023
  Israel working to expel civilian population of Gaza, UN expert warns
• Press Releases | 14 December 2023
  Occupied Palestinian territory and Israel: UN experts call for permanent ceasefire to protect rights and futures of women and girls
• Press Releases | 8 December 2023
  UN experts urge States to unite for peace and push for ceasefire in Gaza
• Press Releases | 7 December 2023
  Gaza: UN expert condemns ‘unrelenting war’ on health system amid airstrikes on hospitals and health workers
• Press Releases | 27 November 2023
  UN experts call for full and independent investigations into all crimes committed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

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• Press Release | 13 December 2023
  State of Palestine and Israel must end violence against civilians and return to negotiation, UN ad hoc Conciliation Commission urges
• Press Release | 01 November 2023
  UN Child Rights Committee condemns killing of children in Gaza Strip
• Press Release | 27 October 2023
  Occupied Gaza Strip: UN Committee calls for immediate ceasefire and urges end to hate speech amid fears of broader conflict

• Press Releases | 27 October 2023
  Grave violence in Israel and Gaza has outraged the conscience of humanity, UN Commission of Inquiry says
• Statement | 24 October 2023
  Statement by Navi Pillay, chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (PDF)
• Press Releases | 16 October 2023
  Civilians are the primary victims of increased violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, says the UN Commission of Inquiry
• Press Releases | 10 October 2023
  Commission of Inquiry collecting evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories since 7 October 2023