Volker Turk

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a news conference on the conclusions of his visit to Mexico where he met with human rights organizations, relatives of missing persons, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and other government officials, focusing on the country's human rights landscape and its missing persons crisis, in Mexico City, Mexico April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo
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FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a news conference on the conclusions of his visit to Mexico where he met with human rights organizations, relatives of missing persons, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and other government officials, focusing on the country's human rights landscape and its missing persons crisis, in Mexico City, Mexico April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo
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