Origin: Navi Pillay Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2026
Her work on the Rwanda genocide tribunal helped set two global legal firsts: that rape and sexual violence can be prosecuted as crimes against humanity and as genocide, and that a perpetrator can face incitement-to-genocide charges based solely on propaganda. The award recognizes a career spent using courts to pursue accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Most recently, she led a UN commission of inquiry that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
She learned of the prize while at a legal gathering in Nuremberg, Germany. As the room applauded, she joked, “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump.”
Pillay becomes the first South African woman to win the Peace Prize and the country’s fifth laureate. The medal and 12 million Swedish kronor will be presented in Oslo on December 10. She was selected from 287 nominations, including 208 individuals and 79 organizations.
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