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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

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Was the outgoing UN human rights commissioner too vocal to be effective in the job?

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The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Zeid Al Hussein, is
stepping down in August after four years in the post having said
he doesn’t want a second term. In an exclusive interview the
veteran Jordanian diplomat tells Zeinab Badawi why he didn’t want
to stay in the job. After being criticised for being too
outspoken – especially about the US president Donald Trump’s
policies – was he too vocal to be effective in promoting human
rights globally, or is that just what the job demands?

Image: Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)