zeid al hussein, welcome to hardtalk. thank you.no united nations human rights commissioner has served a full second term, but why did you choose to stand down afterjust one term? well, it was clear to me, that had i sought a second term, i would have to somehow win the approval of the agreement of the permanent five members of the security council — that's how it was done the first time i was elected. i was nominated by the secretary general following a series of interviews and then he sounded out the permanent five — the us, russia, china, france and uk — and they approved. i had no doubt that virtually none would approve me for a second term. and i wasn't willing to try, lest i be drawn into having to compromise. this office needs to maintain its independence, the term of a high commissioner should be limited to one five—year or six—year period, and that's it. so you think you would have got five straight vetoes — including from the uk and france? possibly. yes. possibly. i have irritated all governments over the course of four y

secretary-general kofi annan sent his special adviser, zeid ra'ad al hussein, to investigate.was scked by what he found. >> sitting and listening to what victims were saying was really disturbing. i said it s akin to a lifeguard jumping into a pool, and instead of saving someone who was drowning, to actually drown them, almost. i mean, it seemed to be as cruel as that. n ai: five months later, zeid published a report that criticized the u.n.'s own investigations into alleged sexual abuse. but he said the main reason offenders often evaded jusce was that the u.n. had no criminal jurisdiction over its peacekeepers. >> the u.n. is not a sovereign body. at the most, the u.n. can dismiss someone from service, but it could not conct its own trials. that is for the governments themselves tdo. and if the member state does nothing or shields the individual, then impunity exists., was these sorts of issues which i found astonishing at the time.ai >> nthose issues had also caught the attention of anthony banbury, who spent more than 20 years inside the u.n. overseeing relief and peacekee

a decade on from zeid raad al hussein's rort, the new inquiry was even more damning. >> this was a seriousre. most importantly, the lack of coordination between policies leaves most victims unattended and vulnerable. >> navai: the inquiry said this amounted to "an abuse of authority" on the part of three top u.n. officials. d the u.n. fired the head of mission in the central african republic. isobel coleman was a u.s. ambassador to the u.n. at the time. >> i must say from my perspective as a diplomat, looking at this all unfolding, it seemed that it was not a high-water mark for the u.n., to put it mildly. it's incredible to me that people had that report in their hands and didn't act upoit. >> navai: by now, the frenchs prosecutorre investigating the allegations. in may 25, they launched a irfull-scale criminal inquinto the rape of minors. the investigation centered on four members of the 152ndeg infantiment, who'd been identifi by the victims. enicknamed the red devils regiments based in colmar in the east of france; a 30-foot statue honors th in their hometown. but after more than three

. >> reporter: u.n.et sey-general kofi annan sent his special adviser zeid ra'ad al-hussein to investigate. he was shocked byhat he found. >> i listened to what victims were saying.ll it was rdisturbing. i said it was akin to a lifeguard jumping into a pool, and instead of saving someone who was drowning, they actually drown them almost. it seems to be as cruel as that. >> reporter: five months later zeid published a report but criticized the u.n.'s ownat investns into allegedbu sexual. he said the main reason offenders often evaded justice was because the u.n. had no criminal jurisdiction over its peacekeepers. he u.n. is not a soverei body. at the most, the u.n. can dismiss someone from service, but it cannot conduct its own trials. that is for the governments themselves to do. if the state does nothing or shielding the individual,st impunity e so it was these sorts of issues which i found astonishing at the time. >> woodruff: "fronghine" airs toon most pbs stations. >> woodruff: frontline airs tonight on most pbs stations. on the newshour online right now, thousands of visitors flocl to

the country's food and supplies and so that's breaking news coming from yemen we can now talk to hussein al. who is a political commentator is joining us on the line from the yemeni capital in sana'a can you tell us what chill hearing about the situation in who data. as you mentioned. how d.l. a coalition who is conducting a massive. area in city after targeted one of the they. come by which. they have targets from the old out scripture of. an ability that they describe attack and it really targeting civilian areas as civilian infrastructure is. a force in that area and the civilians at least and the city and this has been actually for a bit if you will of the electorate there specially after officially at the. airport in abu dhabi and that is for all narron refinery in riyadh. ok. let me ask you a bit about that alleged attack on abu dhabi international airport there has been any proof showing that this actually occurred and the u.a.e. has denied that there was any attack on its airport in abu dhabi. of course until you even legitimize that weekly. actually i'm out with this i thought actu

it will help end the blockade now in its fourteenth month is less certain nieve back at al-jazeera the hague. hussein is an expert on politics for the truman national security project she says the decision shows the blockade can be fought and won through legal means this is a very significant ruling by the international court of justice there are fifteen judges that weighed in on this decision eleven of those fifteen judges ruled in qatar's favor on three main issues the first issue was the issue of reuniting families that have been separated as a result of this inhumane blockade the second is to allow students who have had their studies interrupted as a result of the blockade to either continue their studies or obtain their records and the third is to allow qatari citizens to own property in amerinds to be able to access judicial systems in order to pursue their rights within the united arab emirate the qatari government is essentially fighting back but they're not using violent means they're using legal means just to purely defend the rights of their citizens of their people and i think that the ot

say is facing the death penalty for taking pictures of the military crackdown and al jazeera journalist mark hold hussein has been in an egyptian jail for more than five hundred days without trial his detention has been extended fourteen times he was detained without charge in twenty sixteen joining a holiday to cairo al-jazeera and international human rights organizations have repeatedly urged egypt to release jailed journalists. but more ahead on the news hour including. i have to be strong but i start out. a mama's anxious wait is the search goes on for her thirteen year old son and his friends are stuck in a flooded a. brief reprieve for afghan refugees in pakistan but they're still facing an uncertain future. in the sport world number two caroline wozniacki wins or second title at the international. ceasefire has reportedly been violated just hours after coming into effect government forces and rebels in the north west are blaming each other for breaking the truce the agreement was signed by president salva kiir and rebel little red much are in neighboring sudan at least fifty thousand people have b

al-jazeera. like that be hussein is an iranian n.p.n. national security spokesman he told our they were the tribes outburst was motivated by anger. on. americans have been trying for two to three years now to convince other countries to confront iran instead of cooperating with iran but they haven't succeeded even their commercial partners like the europeans and china they clearly announce they won't go with these sanctions naturally russia won't cooperate nor will of the countries in our opinion america is angry because it is isolated itself and it feels that it remains alone against iran. right well just there is kimberly how could joins us live now from washington d.c. to try to shed some light on this so i can really was the president having another bad day or night and he decided to take to twitter like he often does or are there other reasons why this is happening now. there are a bunch of reasons just picking up off of that sound bite that we heard just a moment ago sort of the ronnie in perspective that the united states is isola

and then making a fateful decision to shift targets from al qaeda to saddam hussein. >> remarkable.afghanistan, right. >> absolutely. >> because it was the terms of resources. we're still living through the effects of that war in iraq as well. >> indeed. i think that the bush -- i think that the trump presidency is, in part, a product of what the war in iraq did to the republican party. because trump was -- >> right. >> he may not have been against the war at the time, but he certainly used the war to gin up support among disgruntled republicans. so without the war in iraq, i don't think you get the trump presidency. >> interesting. well, listen, it's worth watching. it will certainly bring back memories for you as it has for me looking back at those years. a remarkable decade. tim naftali, presidential historian, thank you. please be sure to tune in. an all new episode of the 2000s airs this sunday at 9:00 p.m. only on cnn. >>> we have much more just ahead in the "newsroom" and it all starts just in a couple moments. stay with us. ♪ [ coughs ] ♪ ♪ [ screams ] ♪ [ laughs ] ♪ whoa, w

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saddam hussein's support for jihadist terrorism including al qaeda. any manner of, all manner of. >> haweddist groups, saddam was supporting them, despite what the mainstream media said then, in many ways continues to say today. i would write these articles and occasionally get an email from a got i never heard from a hotmail account. >> which i still have by the way. >> which you still have although hacked and compromised a few times i think by the terrorists. maybe by the cia. >> no. >> i would get these e-mails, hey, read your article. really interesting stuff. i think you're right about this stuff. have you looked at this? i would go and look at whatever the tip was, and lo and behold it advanced the argument. so i would look at that, i would do some reporting and write another story. it would appear in the magazine. i would get another email. that is really interesting what you wrote there. i'm glad you followed up on this, have you looked at this? i would follow, this went on and on and i had, you know, i gotten to know who tom was. he was a tra

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