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| United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein attends the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017 |
The top United Nations human rights official has criticised Britainโs Prime Minister Theresa May for her election campaign remarks suggesting that laws could be overturned if they stymied the fight against terrorism.
โWhatever the intention behind her remarks, they were highly regrettable, a gift from a major Western leader to every authoritarian figure around the world who shamelessly violates human rights under the pretext of fighting terrorism,โ Zeid Raโad al-Hussein said in a speech delivered on Monday night in London.
Zeid also said that US President Donald Trump and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte were โbreaking long-held taboosโ in their respective support for torture and extra-judicial killings. โThe dangers to the entire system of international law are therefore very real,โ he said.
