Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
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South African judge Pillay recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law
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Agencies Published: 5:09pm, 9 Oct 2026 Updated: 5:52pm, 9 Oct 2026
Former UN human rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
The South Africa-born jurist was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law. The announcement was made by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo on Friday.
Pillay, 85, has served as a judge in South Africa, at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. She was UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.
Pillay was chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory that concluded last year that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Israel dismissed the report as “scandalous”.
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