Allies Frown as US Sanctions ICC After Navi Pillay Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The committee cited her decades of human rights work and its warning that attacks on international courts threaten the rule of law.
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2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has condemned US sanctions against the International Criminal Court. The former judge at the court said it was shocking that magistrates were being punished for their decisions. “It is a sad day when a country that is not a member of this court unilaterally imposes such sanctions. It is shocking that judges are being punished for their decisions,” Pillay said in an interview with German te…
South African judge wins Nobel Peace Prize, signalling pushback to U.S. campaign against ICC
Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge and anti-apartheid lawyer, was honoured as the Nobel committee defended the role of international law against mounting political pressure
Israel is furious and the US is planning to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court. This year's peace prize to human rights lawyer Navi Pillay is causing strong reactions. But peace and conflict researcher Isak Svensson calls it a "courageous choice."
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The announcement came on the same day Washington imposed further sanctions on the International Criminal Court [ICC]. South African jurist Navi Pillay has been named the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize…
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