09-30-2009, 12:22 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navanethem_Pillay
From her profile, it looks like she was promoted specifically for the Sri Lanka conflict.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pillay was born in 1941 in a poor neighbourhood of Durban, South Africa.[1] She is of Tamil descent and her father was a bus driver.[1] She married Gaby Pillay, a lawyer, in January 1965.[3]
<b>Supported by her local Indian community with donations,</b>[4][5] she graduated from the University of Natal with a BA in 1963 and an LLB in 1965.[6] She later attended Harvard Law School, obtaining an LLM in 1982 and a Doctor of Juridical Science degree in 1988.[7]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From her profile, it looks like she was promoted specifically for the Sri Lanka conflict.
more:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pillay was born in 1941 in a poor neighbourhood of Durban, South Africa.[1] She is of Tamil descent and her father was a bus driver.[1] She married Gaby Pillay, a lawyer, in January 1965.[3]
<b>Supported by her local Indian community with donations,</b>[4][5] she graduated from the University of Natal with a BA in 1963 and an LLB in 1965.[6] She later attended Harvard Law School, obtaining an LLM in 1982 and a Doctor of Juridical Science degree in 1988.[7]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->