{"id":124259,"date":"2026-07-01T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=124259"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:00:41","slug":"south-africa-migrant-attacks-uns-turk-urges-people-to-see-in-other-a-human-being-not-dehumanize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/south-africa-migrant-attacks-uns-turk-urges-people-to-see-in-other-a-human-being-not-dehumanize\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa migrant attacks: UN&#8217;s T\u00fcrk urges people to &#8216;see in other a human being, not dehumanize&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k2I3CisOp5DQtjHd2U2\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nFran\u00e7ois Picard is pleased to welcome Volker T\u00fcrk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In this wide ranging interview, Volker T\u00fcrk presents a coherent vision of human rights as the essential framework through which to understand some of the defining global challenges of the twenty first century. Rather than treating migration, climate change, nationality, international law and institutional governance as separate policy questions, T\u00fcrk argues that they are deeply interconnected manifestations of a broader crisis of solidarity, legality and political responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fran\u00e7ois Picard is pleased to welcome Volker T\u00fcrk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In this wide ranging interview, Volker T\u00fcrk presents a coherent vision of human rights as the essential framework through which to understand some of the defining global challenges of the twenty first century. 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