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Navi Pillay named winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize for efforts to promote international law - live

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: The Guardian
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What happened

The Nobel committee chair says the winner was ‘instrumental in ensuring war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted’ You can watch along below, but I will bring you all the key lines here.

Spoiler alert (not really).

Key facts

  • Reported by The Guardian and published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:33:42 UTC.

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Coverage timeline

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Sources

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