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Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
The Hindu··3d ago
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem Navi Pillay for efforts to promote peace and international law. Born in Durban to Indian Tamil parents, she served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. She has judged at South Africa's High Court, the Rwanda tribunal and the International Criminal Court.
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What It Means For You
- The award cites Pillay's work on peace and international law, the Nobel Committee said.
- Cash for Nobel winners is 12 million Swedish kronor, about $1.2 million.
- The prize ceremony is set for December 10, Nobel Prize day.
What's Happening
- Pillay was the first Black woman on South Africa's High Court in 1995, Indian Express reported.
- She led the UN human rights office from 2008 to 2014.
- She chaired the UN inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory until recently, The Hindu said.
From Durban Courts to The Hague
- She opened a Natal law practice in 1967 and defended anti-apartheid activists.
- At the Rwanda tribunal she helped establish that rape can constitute genocide.
- Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Peace Prize last year.
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