Nobel Peace Prize awarded to former International Criminal Court judge Navanethem Pillay
The former U.N. human rights chief was cited for advancing international law as the committee said 287 candidates were nominated this year.
- On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African judge Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, recognizing her efforts to promote peace and international law.
- Chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes cited a 'common thread' from Pillay's early work defending Nelson Mandela against apartheid to her service as a judge in key international court cases.
- Pillay, 85, previously served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014, joining just 20 women among 112 individual laureates.
- This year marks the 125th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, which includes a cash award of 12 million Swedish krona, or about $1.2 million, presented in Oslo on December 10.
- Last year, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the prize; since 1901, the award has honored 112 individuals and 28 separate institutions, including the Red Cross.
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This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, a South African jurist with a lifetime in defence of human rights and international legality. In her native country, the lawyer fought apartheid and defended the most famous political prisoner of the racist regime, Nelson Mandela, also worthy of the Nobel Prize, in 1993. Subsequently, Pillay was part of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court (I…
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