In September 2012, while serving as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay described the cartoons as “malicious and deliberately provocative.”
She also expressed understanding for people who wanted to protest against the cartoons.
Back then, Islamist demonstrators stormed diplomatic compounds, attacked Western embassies, burned American flags, and clashed with security forces in countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Sudan, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured.
The unrest also reached Western countries, with extremely violent protests rocking France, the UK, Australia, Denmark, and others.
Less than three years later, in January 2015, Islamist terrorists attacked Charlie Hebdo's Paris offices, killing 12 people, including several cartoonists, in retaliation for its depictions of Muhammad.
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