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- Indian-origin woman named UN rights commissioner 25 Jul 2008 18:08 GMT
... United States, 01:33 PM IST Indian-origin South African judge Navanethem Pillay, born in Durban to ... appointed the new UN High Commissioner of Human Rights. Pillay, 67, is to succeed Louise Arbour ... judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and led the landmark decisions defining rape as an institutionalised ...
- US hails SA judge as rights chief 25 Jul 2008 16:51 GMT
... was the first non-white woman on South Africa's High Court The US has welcomed the ... as the next UN high commissioner for human rights. Zalmay Khalilzad, US ambassador to the UN, ... on the UN war crimes tribunal for Rwanda. In 1967 she became the first woman to start a ...
- Indian-origin judge is new UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 16:14 GMT
... has been named the United Nations' new human rights chief, despite some initial opposition from the ... US. Pillay, 67, who is from South Africa, will succeed Louise Arbour of Canada who ... president on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda which she had joined in 1995. ...
- » UN calls upon SA judge 25 Jul 2008 15:15 GMT
... Pillay, the newly-appointed UN high commissioner for human rights, is the daughter of a bus driver ... non-white woman judge to sit in South Africa's highest court. Born in Durban in 1941 ... serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Under Pillay's presidency, the court handed down a landmark ...
- United Nations: South African Judge Is Named for Human Rights Post 25 Jul 2008 11:06 GMT
... secretary general named a South African judge, Navanethem Pillay, as the next high ... Pillay, as the next high commissioner for human rights, an appointment expected to be approved Monday ... judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. A defense lawyer for apartheid-era political prisoners, she was ...
- US backs Rwanda general, says needed in Darfur 25 Jul 2008 10:05 GMT
... (Reuters) - The United States wants a Rwandan general indicted for war crimes by a judge in ... as second in command of a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force, the State Department said ... by Rwandan opposition groups and some Western human rights groups for it not to be renewed. ...
- South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay nominated as next UN high commissioner for human rights 25 Jul 2008 09:36 GMT
... South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay nominated as next UN ... nominated as next UN high commissioner for human rights UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ One of South ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995. She became that court's president in 1999. Zalmay ...
- SAfrican lawyer nominated as UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 09:30 GMT
... (AP) UNITED NATIONS - One of South Africa's leading female jurists who won acclaim defending ... the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights. Navanethem Pillay was formally put forward for ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995. She became that court's president in 1999. Zalmay ...
- Rwanda: Progress in Judicial Reforms Falls Short 25 Jul 2008 09:29 GMT
... the right to protection from double jeopardy. “Rwanda has made technical improvements in the delivery of justice, but ... Alison Des Forges, senior advisor to the Africa division at Human Rights Watch. “We identified serious problems in such ...
- South Africa lawyer nominated as UN rights chief 25 Jul 2008 09:15 GMT
... South Africa lawyer nominated as UN rights chief One ... the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights. Navanethem Pillay was formally put forward for ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995. She became that court's president in 1999. Zalmay ...
- South Africa lawyer nominated as UN rights chief 25 Jul 2008 07:57 GMT
... UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- One of South Africa's leading female jurists who won acclaim defending ... the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights. Navanethem Pillay was formally put forward for ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995. She became that court's president in 1999. Zalmay ...
- South African named as UN rights head despite US doubts 25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named South African judge Navanethem Pillay as the world body's new human rights chief, despite initial US concerns about her ... was on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, eventually becoming its Jo Ann Palchak, a US ...
- Indian-origin judge is UNHRC chief 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... States. Pillay, 67, who is from South Africa The 192-member General Assembly is expected to confirm ... with broad-based non-governmental a judge of the Rwanda tribunal, Pillay led the landmark decisions defining ... mandates for victims in Cuba, Belarus, and Congo (DRC). At its March and June sessions, ...
- Pillay is leaving the bench to stand up 25 Jul 2008 07:27 GMT
... said in a telephone interview from South Africa. "The first time I entered a judge's ... judge on the tribunal set up after Rwanda's 1994 genocide. On the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, ... the role of the chief defender of human rights. Pillay said she is ready to stand ...
- Indict Rwandan general, says US 25 Jul 2008 07:10 GMT
... Washington - The United States wants a Rwandan general indicted for war crimes by a judge in ... second in command of a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, the State Department said ... by Rwandan opposition groups and some Western human rights groups for it not to be renewed. ...
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