Wars, conflicts and tensions took centre stage at the start of the UN Human Rights Council’s spring session in Geneva. Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, spoke of “seismic global shocks” on Monday. “The pain and the slaughter of so many people in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, Haiti and so many other places around the world are unbearable,” said Türk. UN Secretary General António Guterres spoke of the dangerous polarization happening in the world today. He called on the global community to move closer together instead of continuing to give space to hatred and tr…