Reference code
ZA UCT BC1097_B_002
Title
Judicial Service Commission Interviews for Appointment as Judges to the Constitutional Court, Interviews with Dr Navanethem Pillay and Professor JJ [Johann Vincent] van der Westhuizen
Date(s)
- 1994-10-03 - 1994-10-07 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
122 p.
Name of creator
(1941-)
Biographical history
Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (née Naidoo; born 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, Pillay was the first non-white woman judge of the High Court of South Africa. She has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Name of creator
(1952-)
Biographical history
Johann Vincent van der Westhuizen (born 26 May 1952) is a South African who served on the Constitutional Court of South Africa from February 2004 to January 2016. He was a professor of law at the University of Pretoria from 1980 to 1999, when he joined the bench as a judge of the High Court of South Africa.