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UN rights chief Volker Turk says Russia's war in Ukraine is "tugging us away from the work of building solutions, the work of ensuring our survival." Speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council, Turk denounced horrific abuses carried out since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine 13 months ago. SOUNDBITE
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet tells the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that Russia's widespread and indiscriminate attacks in populated areas of Ukraine are of "immense concern", and warns that they could amount to "war crimes". SOUNDBITE
The UN Human Rights Council overwhelmingly votes to create a top-level investigation into violations committed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, says that a projected imminent famine in war-torn Gaza "can and must be prevented". In a recorded statement, he warns that Israel's restrictions on the entry of aid and its ongoing attacks "may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime". SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls "shocking" a viral video that apparently shows a detained Ukrainian soldier being shot dead after speaking a pro-Ukraine slogan. SOUNDBITE
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