
UN staff urge rights chief Volker Turk to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Letter sent on behalf of more than 500 OHCHR workers says failure to describe the war as a ‘genocide’ undermines the global rights protection system. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 Hundreds of United Nations staff have made an appeal to the body’s human rights chief Volker Turk to publicly describe the war in…