By Navi Pillay It is natural for a man to respond to a nagging female partner with violence. Women’s demands for equal pay with men for equal skills are not justified, because women are likely to stop working to have children. A man who kills his wife may receive a more lenient sentence if she …
International human rights organisations ask Navi Pillay to communicate to Egyptian authorities their obligation to the protection of peaceful protesters
Commissioner requests UN team to monitor events in Egypt
Pillay said the regime was using “indiscriminate and disproportionate force in residential areas,” including reports of the direct targeting of schools and hospitals.
Commissioner concerned that draft law might constrain activities of civil society organisations
The whole world is watching as Egypt struggles to define itself politically and legally
Presidential action threatens economic investment
Navi Pillay calls for holding UN attackers accountable for their actions
By Navi Pillay There are moments in history when each of us is called upon to declare where we stand. I believe this is one of those moments. Over the past year, in Tunis, Cairo, Madrid, New York and hundreds of other cities and towns across the globe, the voice of ordinary people has been raised, …
By Navi Pillay The Tunisian revolution, begun just 10 months ago by young people determined to take the future of their country into their own hands, has inspired both young and old throughout the region — and beyond — to become aware of, and call for, their rights. We are still in the very early stages …
