Another one bites the dust — what future for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?

by David Petrasek and Geneva By invitation, By invitation BORRAR, International human rights institutions, mechanisms and processes BORRAR

The early departure — yet again — of a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights suggests it’s time to re-think the office’s priorities and strengthen its mandate. The announcement in December 2017 by Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein of Jordan that he would not seek a second term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights—leaving the post in the middle of 2018—came …