Human Rights Lawyer Navi Pillay Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa and on international courts investigating war crimes. She led a U.N. panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.
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New York Times
Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa and on international courts investigating war crimes. She led a U.N. panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.
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Al Jazeera
South African jurist Navanethem Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote peace.
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BBC News
Pillay is recognised for her "efforts to promote peace and international law", the Norwegian Nobel Committee says.
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DW News
Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins 2
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The Guardian
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief who chaired the UN commission that concluded Israel wa
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France 24
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on Friday, October 9, 2026. The 85-year-old South Africa-born served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occup