Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for work promoting international law
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South African jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes said Pillay’s work had inspired those seeking a more peaceful world. The committee highlighted her career pursuing accountability for states and political leaders, including service at the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court.
Pillay, 85, learned of the award while attending a forum in Nuremberg, Germany. She dedicated it to “survivors of international crimes” and urged political leaders to protect human rights, respect international legal institutions and refrain from war. Responding playfully to applause, she said, “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump.”
From 2021 until November 2025, Pillay chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. The commission concluded that Israeli authorities and security forces had committed four of the five acts defined as genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Earlier reports accused Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and found that Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes during the October 7, 2023, attacks, including killing civilians and taking hostages.
Israel, which rejects the commission’s genocide finding, condemned Pillay’s award. Its foreign ministry called the decision a “grotesque weaponisation” of the prize and accused her of promoting a “genocide lie.”
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Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for work promoting international law
South African jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes said Pillay’s work had inspired those seeking a more peaceful world. The committee highlighted her career pursuing accountability for states and political leaders, including service at the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court. Pillay, 85, learned of the award while attending a forum in Nuremberg, Germany. She dedicated it to “survivors of international crimes” and urged political leaders to protect human rights, respect international legal institutions and refrain from war. Responding playfully to applause, she said, “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump.” From 2021 until November 2025, Pillay chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. The commission concluded that Israeli authorities and security forces had committed four of the five acts defined as genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Earlier reports accused Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and found that Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes during the October 7, 2023, attacks, including killing civilians and taking hostages. Israel, which rejects the commission’s genocide finding, condemned Pillay’s award. Its foreign ministry called the decision a “grotesque weaponisation” of the prize and accused her of promoting a “genocide lie.”
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