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S African named UN rights chief | S African named UN rights chief |
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South African judge Navanethem Pillay has been nominated as the new UN high commissioner for human rights. | South African judge Navanethem Pillay has been nominated as the new UN high commissioner for human rights. |
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has informed the General Assembly of his choice for the nomination. | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has informed the General Assembly of his choice for the nomination. |
The General Assembly will now be asked to approve the choice of Ms Pillay, who is currently an appeals judge at the International Criminal Court. | The General Assembly will now be asked to approve the choice of Ms Pillay, who is currently an appeals judge at the International Criminal Court. |
She would succeed Louise Arbour, who stepped down in March for personal reasons after four years in the post. | She would succeed Louise Arbour, who stepped down in March for personal reasons after four years in the post. |
Ms Pillay, who is of Tamil descent, was born in 1941 and previously served as a judge on the UN war crimes tribunal for Rwanda. | |
In 1967 she became the first woman to start a law practice in Natal Province, and the first non-white woman to serve in the High Court in South Africa. | |
While practising in South Africa, Ms Pillay defended anti-apartheid activists and championed the rights of Nelson Mandela and other dissidents to legal assistance. |
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