U.N. Human Rights Chief to Leave, Citing ‘Appalling’ Climate for Advocacy
That is quite a gesture. People tend to cling to posts in high offices but this prince does not want to bend the knee and see his job marginalised. The High Commisioner for Human Rights is by the way the crown prince of Iraq. Zeid Ra’ad Hussein worries the global retreat from human rights makes his job untenable. The United Nations’ top human rights advocate told his staff that he will not seek a second term, citing concern that his voice would be silenced in an age when the United States and other world powers are retreating from their historical commitment to human rights. Zeid Ra’ad Hussein, a Jordanian prince and former ambassador who served as a U.N. political officer during the Bosnian war, announced his plan in an end-of-year email to employees of the Geneva-based human rights agency. His term ends in the summer of 2018. “Next year will be the last of my mandate,” Zeid wrote Wednesday in the email, which was obtained by Foreign Policy . “...