Navanethem Pillay

Navanethem Pillay (Tamil: நவநீதம் பிள்ளை; née Naidoo, 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations from 2008 to 2014. ÷= Qoutes== You can't just say equality for everyone when the vast portion of the population, meaning the black people, had been historically disadvantaged. They don't lose their human rights just because they are moving from country to country for whatever reason. I think that migrants and asylum seekers should be valued rather than being treated as criminals. We drew up a document. We didn't have any idea of how far we could take that document, and eventually to our delight, it was incorporated as a Bill of Rights. Our collective responsibility is to assist states to fulfil their obligations and to hold them to account when they do not. Human rights underpin the aspiration to a world in which every man, woman, and child lives free from hunger and protected from oppression, violence, and discrimination, with the benefits of housing, healthcare, education, and opportunity. External links Category: women Category: South Africa Category: judges Category: Lawyers Category : Africa