What does it take to lead the UN human rights office?
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will leave office at the end of August. The hunt is on for the world\\u2019s new human rights leader.
Podcast host Imogen Foulkes asks former United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra\\u2019ad Al Hussein what it is like to do the job.
\\u201cMost of my time I was writing to governments, talking to them, calling them, but I had no hesitation of going public when I felt we needed to go public,\\u201d says Zeid.
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\\xa0Does he have any advice for a new commissioner?
\\u201cNavi Pillay (former high commissioner) said the worst mistake you can make is to privilege any country. Don\\u2019t privilege any particular group or country,\\u201d he recalls.
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\\xa0And how risky is calling countries to account?
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\\xa0\\u201cRather than you worry about how they may react to your statements, they ought to be worrying about what you might be saying about them,\\u201d answers Zeid.
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