Navi Pillay, former UN human rights chief, wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a former UN human rights chief, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her "efforts to promote peace and international law." The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the decision, with committee member Frydnes humorously noting they had not been able to reach Pillay in advance. Pillay, who grew up in South Africa during apartheid, became the first woman to establish a law practice in Natal Province and the first non-white woman appointed to the country's high court. She also served as a judge and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. More recently, Pillay chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which concluded that Israel had committed genocidal acts in Gaza.

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The commission concluded that Israel had committed genocidal acts in Gaza and that Israeli leaders had "incited the commission of genocide".

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From 2021-25, she chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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Pillay served as a judge on the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, including four years as its president.

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Pillay grew up in South Africa during apartheid as a bus driver's daughter in a poor Indian section of Durban.

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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, former UN human rights chief, has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Frydnes said the committee had not been able to notify Pillay that she had won in advance, "so my message to her would be 'if you see a Norwegian number calling, please pick up'".Shortly afterwards, Pillay reacted to the news by saying "it must be a joke" and thanked those who had gathered to applaud her."If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump," she joked. Last year's winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, gave her medal to the US president in January as "recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom".Navanethem "Navi" Pillay grew up in South Africa during apartheid as a bus driver's daughter in a poor Indian section of Durban.She went on to become the first woman to establish a law practice in Natal Province in 1967, and later the first non-white woman to be appointed to the country's high court.Pillay served as a judge on the UN-backed Rwanda" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="215569" data-entity-type="organization">International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - focused on the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people were killed - including four years as its president.From 2021-25, she chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory - a fact-finding body established by the UN-human-rights-council" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="3938" data-entity-type="organization">UN Human Rights Council to investigate alleged violations of international law.The commission concluded that Israel had committed genocidal acts in Gaza and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant, had "incited the commission of genocide" in their speeches and statements.

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