Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting peace and international law

9 October 2026

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay.
The committee cited her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Pillay is a South African jurist of Indian Tamil origin and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
She has served as a judge of South Africa's High Court, of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and of the International Criminal Court.
She also chaired the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The committee chair, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, announced the decision in Oslo. It is the 125th Nobel Peace Prize.
The prize is 12 million Swedish crowns and will be presented in Oslo on 10 December.