Politics have come in the way of South Africa upholding its commitment to international criminal justice as the ANC reconsiders its 2016 threat to leave the international criminal court
After the February interviews and deliberations, the Judicial Service Commission will submit a report to President Cyril Ramaphosa
The president has named a panel of experts to help him draw up a shortlist of candidates in an unprecedented move that opens the appointment to consultation
Judge Navi Pillay talks to Athandiwe Saba about being the daughter of a bus driver, a little girl who swore at school, and the pressure of being a leading woman in the world while being a mother at home
Remaining in the International Criminal Court would demonstrate real commitment to victims of the gravest crimes
It is important that progressive public interest litigation be widely understood for what it is, a mechanism for holding power to account.
Outgoing UN rights champion lays bare hostility to peacemakers.
Russia has revealed it is supplying guns to Mali’s government, while French troops have discovered a massive homemade bomb in Gao, north of Mali.
Following the rape of Anene Booysen, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has called on authorities to do more to tackle a "pandemic of sexual violence".
Human rights commissioner reveals blood-letting is a third more than previously estimated.
UN rights chief Navi Pillay has urged the West to suspend sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president to give the country a chance to implement reforms.
Activists say the hosting of the United Nations’ Navi Pillay is an attempt to sugar-coat Zimbabwe’s poor human rights record.
SA’s Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, has arrived in Zimbabwe on her first mission to the troubled Southern African nation.
Zimbabwe’s justice minister has rejected allegations that the country has state-sponsored violence, and vowed not to recognise gay rights.
A highly anticipated visit by human rights commissioner, Navi Pillay, to Zimbabwe could have some welcome consequences, writes Webster Zambara.
Ban Ki-moon has asked former SA judge Navi Pillay to stay on as UN high commissioner for human rights for another two years.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has voiced alarm over the fourth murder of a journalist in Brazil this year.
Once a fence sitter, South Africa has now decided to lead by example on the continent and advocate for laws protecting sexual minorities.
Activists have called for a general strike to increase pressure on Syria’s president’s regime as fears grow of an ‘invasion’ of protest hub, Homs.
The death toll in the crackdown on Syrian protesters has forced the UN’s top human rights official to call for world action to protect civilians.
The UN rights chief has expressed disappointment that China failed to arrest Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges.
Navi Pillay, the United Nations human rights chief, remembers a time when only white men could be judges in South Africa.
UN rights chief Navi Pillay has slammed security forces’ takeover of Bahrain hospitals and medical facilities as a "violation of international law".
UN human rights officials will go to Tunisia next week to help investigate violence and advise the new coalition government on justice and reforms.
Tension mounted between Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo and the international community on Monday as the UN complained of rights abuses.
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/ 29 October 2010
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday that Burma had failed so far to meet international standards for "genuine elections".
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/ 21 December 2009
The UN has called for the elusive leaders of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) be brought to justice for crimes against humanity.
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/ 10 December 2009
Attacks on foreigners in SA are ”gravely alarming” and the government should implement laws to prevent further outbreaks of violence, the UN said.
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/ 9 September 2009
A top UN official has decried possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the DRC.
The United Nations human rights office will examine whether Sudan’s decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights.
Zimbabwe’s justice minister accused the UN’s top rights official on Wednesday of undermining the African nation’s new unity government.
Sri Lankan forces are holding back their strength against Tamil Tiger rebels to comply with international rules of war, a minister said on Monday.