Category:Navanethem Pillay
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Deutsch: Navanethem Pillay (* 23. September 1941 in Durban) ist eine südafrikanische Juristin. Von 2003 bis 2008 war sie Richterin am Internationalen Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag. Seit dem 1. September 2008 amtiert sie als Hohe Kommissarin der Vereinten Nationen für Menschenrechte (UNHCHR).
Français : Navanethem Pillay (* 23. Septembre 1941 à Durban), est une avocate sud-africaine. De 2003 à 2008, elle a été juge à la Cour pénale internationale de La Haye. Depuis le 1er septembre 2008, elle occupe le poste de Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme (UNHCHR).
English: Navanethem Pillay (Tamil: நவநீதம் பிள்ளை, born 1941; also called Navi Pillay) is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. A South African, she was the first non-white woman on the High Court of South Africa, and she has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Media in category "Navanethem Pillay"
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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Memoclip - Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and the European Parliament.webm 3 min 5 s, 1,920 × 1,080; 30.89 MB
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Sep23 Woman of the Day.png 1,500 × 500; 788 KB
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- Pillay (surname)
- Navanethem (given name)
- 1941 births
- Recipients of the Gruber Prize for Women's Rights
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Olof Palmepriset
- Laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Honorary doctors of the University of Cape Town
- Honorary doctors of Rhodes University
- Honorary doctors of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Honorary doctors of the University of the Witwatersrand
- Lawyers from South Africa
- Judges from South Africa
- Women's rights activists from South Africa
- Alumni of Harvard Law School
- Judges of the International Criminal Court
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights