There have been many rumours about who is a candidate, and who has been interviewed over the course of the past week.
The current shortlist is believed to have narrowed to:
Navanethem Pillay
Hina Jilani
Juan Mendez
Other candidates who were interviewed, or mentioned as contenders:
Luis Alfonso de Alba
Irene Khan
Pierre Sane
Francis Deng
Adama Dieng
Jose Ramos Horta
Brief bios are posted in the candidate profiles section, but any more insight into these candidates’ records would be very helpful!
If you are a candidate, or would like to be a candidate, or would like to declare your candidacy, please write to me! mark@avaaz.org
Kyung-wha Kang, the current deputy, does not appear to be a contender at the moment
2 Comments
June 11, 2008 at 11:30 am
folks, would be great if you set this up in wiki format, as this sort of thing lends itself perfectly to that. i’ll bet that your 3+ million members can pretty quickly construct a fairly extensive, detailed, organized site that the secret committee would itself use as a resource
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July 9, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Just a quick note to add my support and that of the Hina Jilani for High Commissioner Campaign to Hina becoming HC.
Proven track record and has made a fantastic contribution to the protection of the very people that OHCHR should be working for.