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Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for Justice and International Law
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Firstpost•09-10-2026, 17:00
Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for Justice and International Law
- •South African jurist Navanethem Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her relentless work in promoting peace and prosecuting war crimes and genocide.
- •In a 2024 interview with Firstpost, Pillay highlighted how women are deliberately targeted and treated as trophies and weapons of war in global conflicts.
- •She addressed allegations of sexual violence during the Israel-Hamas conflict, noting abuses committed by both Hamas against Israeli women and Israeli forces against Palestinian detainees.
- •Pillay emphasized that sexual violence is a recurring feature across all conflicts, used intentionally to humiliate, punish, and psychologically break enemy groups.
- •She criticized authorities for tacitly consenting to these violations by failing to investigate or punish perpetrators, stressing the critical need for enforcement of international law.
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South African jurist of Indian Tamil-origin Navanethem “Navi” Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work promoting peace and international law.
Navi Pillay lamented deliberate attempts by enemies to treat women as trophies of war, stating that sexual violence is a recurring feature of all conflicts used to punish and psychologically break people.
She discussed allegations of sexual violence against Israeli women during Hamas's October 7 raids in 2023, alongside excesses and abuse against Palestinian detainees and civilians by Israeli forces.
