May 19, 2013
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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, 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. Her four-year term as High Commissioner for Human Rights began on 1 September 2008.
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![UN warns of rising sectarian killings in Syria as gunmen attack pro-Assad TV channel [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-6334000/6334001/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=0c16369b50047c5c4a46c1184255c365 "Damaged buildings are seen after gunmen stormed the headquarters of Al-Ikhbariya news channel near Damascus June 27, 2012 in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency: REUTERS/SANA")
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![UN members warn of civil war in Syria on 'The Friday of the children of Houla' [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-5140000/5140714/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=934a3e634dfd2c8493056ef14f3d168b)
![UN rights chief: Syrian authorities target children [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-2460000/2460906/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=3c7f0e58ca74f675f6aaea34feb90ec3)
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![UN rights chief condemns Syria violence [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-710000/710564/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6eea6cfe1f475631252224ae56a70b9a)