In response to the death of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo , who died of organ failure while in government custody , Zeid said in a statement that " The human rights movement in China and across the world has lost a principled champion who devoted his life to defending and promoting human rights , peacefully and consistently , and who was jailed for standing up for his beliefs . " As Commissioner , the remit of Zeid 's position includes the right to criticise those nations ’ governments who are monitored and found to abuse human rights . Since these statements concern domestic policy issues of UN member-states , frequent arguments against criticism is that the censure of individual states are close to impinging on state sovereignty
Nobel Peace Prize
2010 Nobel Peace Prize
Zeid Raad Al Hussein