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HARDtalk: Zeid Al Hussein

'Beware of narrow agenda nationalism'

26/07/2018 GMT

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Zeinab Badawi meets the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Zeid Al Hussein.

Zeid Al Hussein has chosen to step down as the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner. Was he too vocal to be effective in promoting human rights or is that what the job demands?

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?

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