ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law (Guardian)
“It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the genocide convention,” Pillay said on the publication of the commission’s findings in September last year.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay dedicates award to ‘survivors of international crime’ (BBC)
Summary
Navi Pillay, a former UN human rights commissioner, wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 – here’s a bit about her life
After being told she has won, Pillay jokes that she doesn’t quite believe the news is real, going on to joke: «If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump»
It comes after last year’s winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, ended up giving her prize to the US president – here’s why
Pillay says she is still «reeling with surprise», and dedicates her prize to «survivors of international crime»
Originally from Durban in South Africa, Pillay was president of the international tribunal on Rwanda’s genocide between the late 1990s and early 2000s
More recently, she was part of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, created by the UN Human Rights Council in 2021