UN rights chief urges US to withdraw sanctions on Palestinian NGOs | Human Rights News

Volker Turk warns that the US sanctions over ICC cooperation could have a ‘chilling effect’ on civil society globally.

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has rejected United States sanctions on Palestinian rights groups as “unacceptable”, calling for them to be revoked amid global outrage against the US move.

Turk, on Friday, lauded the work of the nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) targeted by the US for their cooperation with the International Criminal Court – Al-Haq,…