The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to South African lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, who served as UN high commissioner for human rights in 2008-2014, the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated.
The laureate was honored "for her efforts to promote peace and international law," the statement said.
Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin in Durban, South Africa, under apartheid, Pillay began her legal career challenging racial discrimination and defending opponents of the apartheid system.
She later served as a judge on South Africa's High Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court, before becoming UN high commissioner for human rights.
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