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ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

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Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza Nobel peace prize – latest updates The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human righ…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:24:10 UTC.

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Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice

The South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who is currently an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

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Navanethem Pillay was born in Durban during apartheid into a family of Indian Tamil origin. She became a pioneering lawyer and jurist, serving on South Africa's high court before joining the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

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