Doha Forum - Qatar

Doha Forum - Qatar

President of the International Peace Institute, Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad of Jordan speaks at the Doha Forum in Qatar on December 7, 2025. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Doha Forum - Qatar

Doha Forum - Qatar

President of the International Peace Institute, Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad of Jordan speaks at the Doha Forum in Qatar on December 7, 2025. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Top U.N. official on human rights meets with former "comfort women"

Top U.N. official on human rights meets with former "comfort women"

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein (R) meets with a group of former South Korean "comfort women" forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military during World War II in Seoul on June 24, 2015. While the "comfort women" issue remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks in improving ties between South Korea and Japan, the top U.N. human rights official said, "I will endeavor to continue to advocate on their behalf." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Top U.N. official on human rights meets with former "comfort women"

Top U.N. official on human rights meets with former "comfort women"

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein (far L) meets with a group of former South Korean "comfort women" forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military during World War II in Seoul on June 24, 2015. While the "comfort women" issue remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks in improving ties between South Korea and Japan, the top U.N. human rights official said, "I will endeavor to continue to advocate on their behalf." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Top U.N. human rights official Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein

Top U.N. human rights official Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein (R), U.N. high commissioner for human rights, speaks at a press conference in Jakarta on Feb. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo