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Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize, Israel denounces choice

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay on Friday. Israel condemned the decision.

The committee announced the award in Oslo on Friday, 9 October, citing her efforts to promote peace and international law and her part in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted. Pillay, 85, is a former UN human rights chief and International Criminal Court judge. Israel denounced the choice because she led the UN commission of inquiry that concluded in September last year that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, a finding Israel called scandalous. The prize, worth 12 million Swedish crowns, is to be presented in Oslo on 10 December.

A signal to Washington

Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes said judges are being sanctioned and their institutions attacked. FAZ reads this as aimed at the Trump administration, which sanctioned former ICC prosecutor Karim Khan. Pillay told Nikkei that US sanctions on ICC judges are "absolutely shocking", and joked on hearing the news that she might share the prize with Trump.

UN and ICC welcome the award

UN human rights chief Volker Türk called it a collective win for human rights and accountability. ICC President Tomoko Akane said it recognises international justice as a cornerstone of lasting peace.

Other opinions

The Jerusalem Post leads with the genocide finding against Israel, while FAZ and El País stress the committee's rule-of-law message.

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