{"id":5994,"date":"2016-05-09T03:06:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T03:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/introduction-to-human-rights\/?page_id=5994"},"modified":"2016-05-09T03:06:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T03:06:35","slug":"watch-a-lecture-from-former-high-commissioner-navi-pillay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/introduction-to-human-rights\/modules-4-6\/module-five-the-office-of-the-high-commissioner-for-human-rights\/watch-a-lecture-from-former-high-commissioner-navi-pillay\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch a Lecture from former High Commissioner Navi Pillay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/introduction-to-human-rights\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Activity One  (Required Activity)<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video:<br \/>\n<b>The Protection and Promotion of Human Rights: Achievements and Challenges<\/b> (1:22:11)\n<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s speaker, Navi Pillay, was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.\n<\/p>\n<p>As you watch, consider the following questions:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> How does Pillay address the argument that human rights are a Western construct, imposed on non-Western countries?\n<\/li>\n<li> What is Pillay&#8217;s perspective on the relative importance of civil and political rights compared to economic and developmental rights? 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