Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Former South African judge Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her decades of work in human rights. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized her critical contributions to international justice, particularly regarding war crimes and genocide accountability. Pillay, who grew up during the apartheid era in South Africa, served as a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Recently, she led the UN commission investigating rights violations in occupied Palestinian territories. She is the fifth South African to receive this prestigious honor.