Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad

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Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad is a Jordanian prince and diplomat who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2018.

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instanceOf Jordanian prince
United Nations official
diplomat
human
appointedBy United Nations General Assembly
countryOfBirth Jordan
countryOfCitizenship Jordan
educatedAt Cambridge University
Johns Hopkins University
Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
employer Government of Jordan
United Nations
endTime 2018
familyName al-Hussein
linked to: Hussein
fieldOfWork diplomacy
human rights
international law
givenName Zeid
hasChild Prince Hussein bin Zeid
Prince Ra’ad bin Zeid (son)
Princess Hala bint Zeid
honorificTitle Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Prince of Jordan
knownFor independence as UN human rights chief
outspoken criticism of human rights abuses
languageSpoken Arabic
English
memberOf Hashemite family
linked to: Hashemite dynasty
name Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein
notableWork advocacy for accountability for war crimes
promotion of international criminal justice
participatedIn United Nations peacekeeping reform efforts
placeOfBirth Amman
positionHeld Jordanian Ambassador to Belgium
Jordanian Ambassador to Luxembourg
Jordanian Ambassador to the European Union
Jordanian Ambassador to the United Nations
Jordanian Ambassador to the United States
Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
religion Islam
spouse Princess Sarah Zeid
startTime 2014
supported International Criminal Court
workLocation Geneva
New York City

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St Edmund’s School, Hindhead hasAlumnus Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad