Context
South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has been named the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her contributions to international law, human rights and international criminal justice.
Explanation
- Navi Pillay is a South African jurist of Indian (Tamil) descent who opposed racial discrimination under apartheid.
- She served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008–2014) and as a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and International Criminal Court (ICC).
- She chaired the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
- The Nobel Peace Prize was established under Alfred Nobel’s 1895 will and first awarded in 1901.
- Unlike other Nobel Prizes, the Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, by the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, appointed by Norway’s Parliament.
- It recognises contributions to peace, disarmament and international cooperation
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