United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, says the past years have been marked by growing number of armed conflicts and diminishing respect for international human rights and humanitarian law.

Türk  says there are now 60 wars involving at least one state, which he says is the highest number since the end of the Second World War (WWII). The Commissioner was giving a global update to the 63rd session of the  Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Thuto Ngobeni has more.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T&uuml;rk, says the past years have been marked by growing number of armed conflicts and diminishing respect for international human rights and humanitarian law.
T&uuml;rk &nbsp;says there are now 60 wars involving at least one state, which he says is the highest number since the end of the Second World War (WWII). The Commissioner was giving a global update to the 63rd session of the &nbsp;Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Thuto Ngobeni has more.

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