'Never take human rights for granted in any part of the world,' UN's Volker Türk says

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'Never take human rights for granted in any part of the world,' UN's Volker Türk says  On International Human Rights Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasised the need to "reclaim" these fundamental values, which he says have been undermined in Europe.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/10/never-take-human-rights-for-granted-in-any-part-of-the-world-uns-volker-turk-says  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The European Union is not immune to the erosion of fundamental rights.

00:06The chilling warning came as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk

00:12delivered an address to mark International Human Rights Day observed annually on 10 December.

00:18They say that about half of EU member states have seen a reduction in civic space

00:24and civic space is what makes us thrive because we need an open and free civic space.

00:29We need to be able to express our opinions. We need to be able to protest.

00:34If we think we can protest, we need to be able to associate.

00:38And I have seen a lot of tendencies, even political discussions around it,

00:43that want to restrict civic space on environmental issues, on climate issues, on migration issues, for example.

00:48The UN Human Rights Chief called on the EU to defend its digital regulations,

00:53expressing concern about possible challenges of Digital Market Act and Digital Services Act that lie ahead.

01:00Now there are some tendencies and some discussions to say maybe we should lower the standards.

01:05I hope that's not going in that direction because Europe is really a lead example when it comes precisely to the digital space.

01:12Europe is also a lead example on regulating business and human rights.

01:17But we again see a discussion today about this omnibus process which may want to lower it.

01:23This year the theme of Human Rights Day is Our Everyday Essentials.

01:27The aim is to highlight how this issue shapes our daily lives, sometimes in subtle ways.

01:33Learn about Penguins in Muslim Rights Day is your daily life and91,

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