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Human Rights Lawyer Navi Pillay Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

NYT > World News·October 9, 2026
Human Rights Lawyer Navi Pillay Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa and on international courts investigating war crimes. She led a U.N. panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.

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