Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein was the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights from 2014-2018; and in 2002, he was elected the first president of the governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) — guiding the court’s growth in its first three years (9/2002-9/2005).
He twice served as Jordan’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York City and once as Jordan’s ambassador to the United States (2007-2010). He is currently the CEO of the International Peace Institute and the Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
In 2019, he was appointed a member of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, and human rights, founded by Nelson Mandela.
