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A New – and Old – China Human Rights Agenda at the United Nations - Chinese Human Rights Defenders

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Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won re-election to hold that post for another four years. Several governments objected to the process; 144 others, including China, voted in support of a second term for him.

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Last week, the UN General Assembly re-elected for four years High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, Austrian lawyer and agency official 35 years ago. UN minutes did not detail the 144 countries that approved the re-election of the High Commissioner or the 13 abstentions, although it is known that among the latter were those of Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic. The 10 countries that voted against were Argentina, Burkina Faso, …

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The Diplomat broke the news in Arlington, United States on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
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