Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

Hussein is currently in the country conducting an official visit at the invitation of the Government.

In a roundtable discussion this morning in Port Moresby, members of the civil society met with the high commissioner for human rights to raise their issues and challenges.

"We had a fruitful meeting with the civil society, listening to their representatives," he said.

Hussein will then bring the views and issues to the government.

From 5 to 7 February, High Commissioner Zeid will be in Jakarta, where he is due to meet President Joko Widodo and hold discussions with top officials, Indonesia’s national human rights institutions and civil society representatives working on human rights issues, as well as religious leaders.

On 5 February at 9:30am local time, the High Commissioner will speak at a Regional Human Rights Conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta, marking the 70th Year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 25th Year of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.