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Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, a South African-born jurist, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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Pillay → bear → peace
The former UN human rights chief currently serves as an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, the highest court of the United Nations, in the ongoing genocide case against Myanmar.
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chief → serve → Myanmar
Making the announcement in Oslo, Norway, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said Pillay’s work “is a source of hope and inspiration to all those who seek to bring about a more peaceful world”.
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who → make → world
Her win is expected to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, both of whom have rejected the findings of a UN commission she led that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
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Israel → expect → Gaza
Both leaders also have been highly critical of the institutions where Pillay has worked.
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While her work has been global in scope, criticism often has been fiercely local, notably in places like Israel and in apartheid-era South Africa, as she and peers took on some of the world’s most painful and sensitive legal issues and most vulnerable populations.
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Pillay, 85, received the news while attending the Nuremberg Forum, a gathering to discuss international law in Nuremberg, Germany, the location of the trials of Nazi war criminals that helped lay the foundations of international law.
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“Firstly, at this venue, your applause means a great deal to me,” she said to a standing ovation.
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“You know, you don’t want to receive an award, prize or anything unless the public agrees that you deserve this.”
And joking, she added: "But being a lawyer and a judge, I still want to verify this information.”
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Born in Durban, in South Africa's Natal province, Pillay served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.
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In 1967, she became the first woman to start a law practice in Natal and the first non-white woman to serve on South Africa's High Court.
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She is the fifth South African national to win the Nobel Peace Prize, after Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Albert Luthuli.
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She chaired an investigation that determined Israel committed genocide in Gaza
Pillay chaired the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, which was created by the UN-backed Human Rights Council.
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The commission a year ago concluded Israel was responsible for genocide in Gaza with a specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.
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Israel → conclude → Gaza
The commission also found that the Israeli president, prime minister and former defence minister "have incited the commission of genocide.”
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president → find → genocide
Israel, which has refused to cooperate with the commission since it was established in 2021, has strenuously denied the charges.
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it → refuse → charges
Pillay has repeatedly rejected accusations from critics who accused her of antisemitism or allegedly turning a blind eye to the Hamas attacks in Israel.
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who → reject → Israel
In an interview last year, she recalled how she worked closely with some Jewish lawyers in the fight against apartheid in her native South Africa and was invited to Israel as the UN rights chief from 2008 to 2014.
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she → recall → 2014
Pillay’s win brings renewed attention to US President Donald Trump’s ongoing feud with the International Criminal Court.
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win → bring → Court
The Trump administration has already sanctioned 13 of the ICC’s staff members, among them key prosecutors and nine judges, including the court’s Japanese President Tomoko Akane.
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administration → sanction → President
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has launched what he called a “sweeping campaign to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court.”
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