News stories by Volker Türk

  1. Funding for Human Rights Organizations – including at the Grassroots Level – have Been Slashed Worldwide

    - Inter Press Service

    GENEVA, December 11 (IPS) - Human rights are underfunded, undermined and under attack. And yet. Powerful. Undeterred. Mobilizing.This year no doubt has been a difficult one. And one full of dangerous contradictions. Funding for human rights has been slashed, while anti-rights movements are increasingly well-funded.

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