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# Navi Pillay

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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.

##  Quotes by Navi Pillay

> [Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/navi-pillay/discrimination-and-multiple-deprivations-of-human-rights-are-also/)

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> [There seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/navi-pillay/there-seems-to-be-a-strong-possibility-that-international/)

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> [I am deeply concerned that Sri Lanka, despite the opportunity provided by the end of the war to construct a new vibrant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/navi-pillay/i-am-deeply-concerned-that-sri-lanka-despite-the-opportunity-provided/)

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