South African judge Navanethem \u201cNavi\u201d Pillay, 85, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday \u201cfor her efforts to promote peace and international law\u201d, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Pillay held states and national leaders accountable and brought hope to victims of violence and conflict, and demonstrated a firm moral compass in her long career, the committee said.
\n\u201cA common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time,\u201d the committee said.
\nNavi Pillay was chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory that concluded last year that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Israel dismissed the report as \u201cscandalous\u201d.
\nThe peace prize is the fifth Nobel awarded this week, after literature, chemistry, physics and medicine. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won in 2025. The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 12 million Swedish crowns, or about $1.2 million, is due to be presented in Oslo on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who founded the awards in his 1895 will.
\nThe United Nations human rights office welcomed the news of Navi Pillay\u2019s Nobel Peace Prize win, acknowledging her longstanding advocacy for human rights. \u201cIt is amazing news, we need more dedication and commitment to human rights,\u201d Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson for the UN human rights office, told reporters in Geneva.
\nNavi Pillay was the former head of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and a former International Criminal Court judge. In September last year Pillay oversaw the publishing of a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry that concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu incited these acts\u2013accusations that Israel called scandalous.
\n\u201cWe hope it will encourage and continue to encourage and inspire others to speak out in protection and promotion of the human rights of all people around the world,\u201d Mantoo said in reaction to Pillay\u2019s win.
\nThe announcement comes shortly after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed hope that US President Donald Trump receives the prize for his \u201chistoric role\u201d in helping bring Pakistan and India back from the brink of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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