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Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay Lauds Navanethem Pillay For Winning 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
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News18•09-10-2026, 20:15
Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay Lauds Navanethem Pillay For Winning 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
- •Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay congratulated South African jurist Navanethem Pillay on receiving the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
- •The prestigious award recognizes her lifelong dedication to promoting peace, human rights, and international law.
- •Pillay has a historic background of fighting against apartheid, serving on the High Court of South Africa, and acting as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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South African jurist of Tamil origin Navanethem Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her lifelong work promoting peace, human rights, and international law.
She served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014, as a judge and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and as a judge on both the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice.
She became the first non-white woman to establish a law practice in Natal Province in 1967, where she defended anti-apartheid activists, and later became the first non-white woman to serve as a judge on the High Court of South Africa in 1995.
