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U.N. rights chief backs people not nations

The departing U.N. human rights chief warned that people’s rights must be strongly defended while populist-driven authoritarianism is on the rise.

By Arete News - August 15, 2018

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (AN/Anna Rauchenberger)

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