On 28 July 2008, the United Nations General Assembly confirmed by consensus, Judge Navanethem (Navi) Pillay’s appointment as the fifth High Commissioner for Human Rights - the leading UN human rights official. Judge Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, Chairwoman of the Durham Law School Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Law by the University in 2007.

For further information about Judge PIllay’s appointment see the announcement on the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights website.

For information about Durham University law programmes visit www.dur.ac.uk/law/

 

Content added on October 8, 2008

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