UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk stated that US sanctions are causing children to die in Cuba due to shortages of essential medical supplies. Infant mortality has doubled, and cancer survival rates have dropped significantly.
UN warns US sanctions on Cuba cause spike in infant mortality and child cancer deaths due to lack of medical supplies, despite US claims humanitarian aid is exempt.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk met with South Korean officials to discuss North Korea's human rights conditions, family reunions, and cooperation on disabilities and women's rights.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called on Singapore and all states still carrying out executions to impose a moratorium on the death penalty as a critical step towards abolition. Singapore maintains mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking above certain thresholds, including 500g of cannabis or 15g of heroin. Of the 25 executions in Singapore in 2023-2024, 24 were for drug offences.
