UN Staff Critics of Rights Commish Volker Turk Call Him Out on Silence on France and Protest

UN Staff Critics of Rights Commish Volker Turk Call Him Out on Silence on France and Protest by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack UN GATE, Oct 12 – How corrupt and decrepit has the UN system become under Antonio Guterres, in this case due to Guterres? Today's example is again from the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights, to which Guterres appointed his unqualified crony Volker Turk more than two years ago.  From OHCHR staff - "Dear Matthew Russell Lee, Many thanks for exposing corruption in the UN... Thank you for exposing hypocrisy in Guterres UN. Double standards are the rule  with Guterres crony Volker Turk. These days images of police violence in France would have merit a public condemnation by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Except Volker Turk banked on Macron’s support for his dodgy reappointment.  It is not only France, Volker Turk uses his public voice depending how it  impacts him. There are many examples. They also wrote, "Volker Turk’s congratulations to Nobel Prize laureate Navi Pillay is as fake as it gets. Volker Turk is as resentful as it gets as he will get no award as he lacks credibility. He knows that he is a lame duck waiting for Guterres departure, he is weak and “timid”.  Volker Turk is delirious when he claims that UN staff has “emotion and joy” for Navi Pillay’s Nobel peace prize. Pillay, like Volker Turk, was not a popular High Commissioner. Pillai allowed to give the names of NGOs to China  opening the doors for reprisals. She covered serious human rights violations in Africa. Refused to publish the DRC Mapping report, leaked by his spokesperson Rupert Colville to UK media. She begged for 4 year extension and she got a half term by the Secretary General. She got OHCHR into its first financial crisis, many people got fired at that time, not as many as under crony Volker Turk. When she left, staff felt relieved as she was distant, nasty with junior staff, intellectually out of class and driven by her personal trips to New York."  That is Volker Turk’s role model, nasty to the staff and fake-brave while complicit in compromising whistleblowers. Volker Turk sells out UN’s credibility, worse he trades with it.  Will Amb Waltz and Amb Steggerda hold SG candidates accountable and force them to seriously look into OHCHR mismanagement? For now, doesn't look like it. Inner City Press remains banned from the UN, despite July 25, 2026 application, and its questions are not being answered... Watch this site. *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com