The United Nations human rights workplace on Friday invited the news of Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize win, acknowledging her longstanding advocacy for human rights. 19659001
By Reuters 9 Oct 2026 19459080 19659005 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, smiles prior to the opening of the 20th session of the Human Rights Council at the European head office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2012(reissued 09 October 2026 ). South African jurist Navi Pillay, a human rights protector and previous United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was granted the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for ‘her efforts to promote peace and global law’. EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI *** Local Caption *** 50393479
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Shabia Mantoo, representative for the UN person rights workplace, informed press reporters in Geneva. 19659010 Navi Pillay was the previous head of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and a previous International Criminal Court judge. In September in 2015 Pillay managed the publishing of a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry that concluded that Israel had actually dedicated genocide in Gaza which leading Israeli authorities consisting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted these acts – allegations that Israel called outrageous. 19659012 Mantoo stated in response to Pillay’s win. 19659013 (Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin, modifying by Emanuele Berro and Linda Pasquini) 19459076 19459076 World 19659015
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