UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Thursday, 22 August 2013 12:13
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay’s Visit to Tamil Area: August 25-31, 2013. Tamils Could Expect Justice from Pillay and Should Ask for International Investigation
HE Navanethem "Navi" Pillay is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is from South Africa of Indian Tamil origin. She has served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed her as the High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2008 and her term will end in 2014. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is comprised of 47 countries, and is one of the most prominent institutions of the UN. The UNHRC functions with the leadership and advice of Pillay’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
