• Nabil Elaraby

     

    Human Rights Chief Calls for More Action in Syria

    by  • December 5, 2011 • Human Rights, Middle East, Peace and Security • 2 Comments

    Voting for a resolution on Syria in a special session at the Human Rights Council on Dec. 2, 2011. JEAN-MARC FERRE/UN PHOTO

    As violence continues unabated in Syria despite tough economic and travel sanctions from such big players as the Arab League, the European Union, Turkey and the United States, the head of the UN’s high commissioner for human rights has spoken out by calling for international intervention to protect civilians against government attacks. Navi Pillay, the [...]

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    A Man for the Moment in the Middle East

    by  • November 15, 2011 • Libya, Middle East • 2 Comments

    Nabil Elaraby, left, secretary-general of the Arab League, with UN Secretary-General Ban ki-moon at a Paris conference in support of the new Libyan government last spring.

    Nabil Elaraby is a name to remember as crisis builds in Syria and citizens in other countries in the Arab world worry about where their hard-won revolutions are taking them. Elaraby, a 76-year-old Egyptian diplomat, is secretary-general of the Arab League, a position he has held for less than five months. But his impact on [...]

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