Nada al-Nashif

Nada al-Nashif (Arabic: ندى الناشف, romanized: Nadā an-Nāšif) is a Jordanian public servant who has been appointed as Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights from January 2020.^[1][2] From 2015 until 2019, she served as Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO.^[3]

Nada al-Nashif in 2012.

Early life and education

Al-Nashif received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford Balliol College in 1987 and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University in 1991.^[4]

Career

Al-Nashif began her UN career at United Nations Development Programme, where she worked from 1991 to 2006.^[5] She was Assistant Director-General/Regional Director of the International Labour Organization's Regional Office for Arab States from 2007 to 2014.^[6]

She was seriously injured in the 2003 Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, which killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100, including human rights lawyer and political activist, Amin Mekki Medani.^[7][8] On 7 July 2021, Al-Nashif spoke on the 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council about promoting human rights through sport, the Olympic ideal and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sport.^[9]

Other activities

Al-Nashif serves on the Board of Trustees of Birzeit University and Taawon, a human development NGO.^[10] She is the author of several articles with a focus on human rights topics.^[11]

References

1. Secretary-General Appoints Nada al-Nashif of Jordan Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations, press release of December 6, 2019.
2. "Nadā an-Nāšif | Mufawwaḍīa al-Umam al-Muttaḥida as-Sāmīa li-Ḥuqūq al-Insān" ندى الناشف | مفوضية الأمم المتحدة السامية لحقوق الإنسان [Nada al-Nashif | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]. OHCHR (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
3. "Assistant Director-General | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
4. "OHCHR | Nada Al-Nashif". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
5. "Commission for Social Development Fifty‐fifth session Concept Note: Panel discussion on emerging issues: Promoting Integrated Policies for Poverty Eradication: Youth Development in the 2030 Agenda" (PDF). UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
6. "Nada Al-Nashif | Leadership Team | ImagineNations Group". www.imaginenations.org. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
7. "Nada Al-Nashif | Author's Page | THE DAILY STAR". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
8. "Journée humanitaire mondiale, un triste anniversaire". UNICEF France (in French). 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
9. "HCDH | Quadrennial panel discussion on promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal".
10. "Only Fair - Finance & Development, March 2013". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
11. Social, About the Author / Nada Al-Nashif- Assistant Director-General for; UNESCO, Human Sciences at (2019-02-21). "An Enabler to SDGs' Attainment: Linking Science with Human Rights". Impakter. Retrieved 2019-04-09. {{cite web}}: |first1= has generic name (help)