Navi Pillay, JSD Biography
- Title:
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Feb. 27, 2012
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2008-present
- Appeals Judge, International Criminal Court, 2003-2008
- President, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, United Nations General Assembly, 1999-2003
- Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, United Nations General Assembly, 1995-1999
- Member, High Court of South Africa, 1995
- Attorney and Conveyancer, High Court of South Africa, 1967-1995
- Co-founder, Equality Now, 1992
- Co-founder, Advice Desk for the Abused (South Africa)
- Member, Women’s National Coalition (South Africa)
- Education:
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- JSD (Doctor of Juridicial Science), Harvard Law School, 1988
- LLM, Harvard Law School, 1982
- LLB, University of Natal, 1965
- BA, University of Natal 1963
- Other:
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- In 2009, Forbes ranked Pillay as the 64th most powerful woman in the world.
- Recipient, Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights, 2003
- Recipient, honorary degrees, Durham University, City University of New York School of Law, London School of Economics, Rhodes University