🎉 #HumanRights Lawyer #NaviPillay Is Awarded #NobelPeacePrize 👏👏
Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa & on international courts investigating #WarCrimes. She led a #UN panel that determined that #Israel had committed #genocide against #Palestinians in #Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.
#law #InternationalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/09/world/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2026?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.EchS.P9cn8pV6X6F3&smid=nytcore-ios-share
The 2026 #NobelPeacePrize winner is #NaviPillay, a South African #HumanRights lawyer who was recognized for “for her efforts to promote #peace & #InternationalLaw,” the Nobel Cmte announced Friday.
Pillay, formerly the #UnitedNations’ top human rights ofcl, also served as a judge at the #ICC & on an international tribunal investigating the 1994 #genocide in #Rwanda. Last year, a #UN commission led by Pillay determined that #Israel had committed #genocide against #Palestinians in #Gaza….
“This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that #WarCrimes, #CrimesAgainstHumanity & #genocide are prosecuted,” the Nobel cmte said in a statement.
The prize is awarded annually to a person or organization that has advanced “fraternity between nations,” worked toward disarmament or promoted #peace conferences, according to the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, the creator of the prize. Over time the criteria for selection have expanded to include other areas….
To state the obvious, not only does #Trump NOT get the peace prize that his supporters believe he deserves, but he likely contributed heavily to this selection critical of Israel, so squarely against the interests of his base.
Their guy screwed them over once again. Just another week in US politics.
