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Fighting crimes against humanity in a world of crisis

Crisis Recovery

Fighting crimes against humanity in a world of crisis

Volker Türk, the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, is surprisingly candid about one of his organization's most famous shortcomings. The Security Council, which includes Russia as a permanent member, is "dysfunctional" on Ukraine. In a Global Stage delegate interview on the ground in Davos, Türk tells Ian Bremmer that believes it is critical that the Ukrainians, just as much as the Russians, abide by international human rights law.

Russia's tragic brutality and the humbling of the West

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Russia's tragic brutality and the humbling of the West

We returned to Davos for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The 2023 WEF is all about "polycrisis," which, in WEF-speak, means many crises simultaneously that compound each other like tangled knots. But how do you untangle those knots? That's a question that the world's business and political elite is struggling with a time when the globalization they adore is being questioned by the developing world.

UN official: Security Council Is “dysfunctional” - but UN is not

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UN official: Security Council Is “dysfunctional” - but UN is not

Volker Türk, the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is surprisingly candid about one of his organization's most famous shortcomings. In a GZERO World interview on the ground in Davos, Türk tells Ian Bremmer that the Security Council, which includes Russia as a permanent member, is "dysfunctional" on Ukraine, while the UN General Assembly has seen a sort of revival in how much it's been able to help the country.

2023 Davos World Economic Forum | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer - the podcast

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Davos, meet humility: grappling with Russia & egregious violations of international law

Listen: For the 53rd time, a tiny town called Davos in the Swiss Alps became the epicenter for discussion and debate about some of the biggest issues the world is facing. In total, 2700 leaders from 130 countries attended the 2023 World Economic Forum, including 52 heads of state. The big theme of the event this year: cooperation in a fragmented world. Is it possible?

No place worse for women than Taliban's Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief

No place worse for women than Taliban's Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, there was some hope that they would reformed. Now it's clear they have not changed a bit. And nowhere is that more obvious than in the Taliban's abominable treatment of women. “There is no country in the world that treats women in the way that Afghanistan does and the Taliban do,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World, on the ground in Davos.