Human rights veteran Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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• Al Jazeera
  high factuality Qatar Government · state

  South African jurist Navanethem Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote peace.

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• New York Times
  high factuality NYT Co (Sulzberger family) · corporate

  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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• BBC News
  high factuality UK Royal Charter · state-funded

  Pillay is recognised for her "efforts to promote peace and international law", the Norwegian Nobel Committee says.

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• The Guardian
  high factuality Scott Trust Ltd · foundation

  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
  high factuality France Médias Monde · state-funded

  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

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