He worked as the field operations director at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) between 2009 and 2016.

Three years later, in 1986, he returned to Sweden as a desk officer at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, where he oversaw development cooperation with Latin America.

The following year, in 1997, he was appointed Director at the Americas Department of the foreign ministry, further solidifying his expertise in Latin American affairs.

Prince Zeid also stated that the report included names and addresses of victims of the abuse, thereby putting them at risk for stigma and retaliation in their home communities.

[2] Prince Zeid then proposed to dismantle the field operations unit of the OHCHR, which effectively would have removed Kompass' position from the organization.

[3] On 8 June 2016, Kompass announced his resignation from the United Nations, citing "the complete impunity for those who have been found to have, in various degrees, abused their authority, together with the unwillingness of the hierarchy to express any regrets for the way they acted towards me".