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The Independent
· collected 2026-10-09 · by Daniel Keane and Maira Butt
South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, marking another setback for former US President Donald Trump, who had pressured the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the prize. The committee highlighted Pillay's lifetime work in human rights and international justice, emphasizing her contributions during apartheid and as a judge in significant court cases worldwide. The award comes amid global challenges to legal frameworks and international laws, with the committee stressing that peace depends on upholding justice and the rule of law.
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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a former UN human rights chief and judge on the International Court of Justice, won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on October 9, 2026. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored her for promoting peace and international law at a time when the global legal system is under attack. Pillay, born in South Africa, was recognized for her work defending Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists, as well as her service in key international court cases.
The committee noted that this decision came amid rising conflicts and political attacks on institutions of international law. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement followed previous awards to laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, and literature. The prize is often considered the most prestigious honor globally, with Pillay becoming one of its distinguished recipients.
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South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 in another blow to Donald Trump, who heaped extraordinary pressure on the Norwegian committee to give him the award.
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"A common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time," the committee said.
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It said it came at a time when “the system of international law is under tremendous pressure, and its institutions are under attack.”
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The peace prize is the fifth Nobel awarded this week, after literature, chemistry, physics and medicine.
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Last year's award was presented to Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado, a democracy and peace activist who sought to replace the Venezuelan government.
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She symbolically handed her prize over to Trump, as a “recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom”.
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The White House reacted furiously to Trump’s snub and berated the Norwegian Nobel Committee for placing “politics over peace”.
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But Trump had been silent on the issue recently after launching a war on Iran that has devastated the global economy and provoked wider instability in the Middle East.
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The Nobel committee appeared to be aware of the climate within which its decision was made and said in its explanation on choosing Pillay: “We see a shift towards power politics at the expense of legal frameworks and global respects for law and justice.
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Whenever might overtakes right, it undermines stability, trust and peaceful coexistence.
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“In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law, national and international, underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently.
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Peace requires justice.”
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And in September, he urged Ukraine and Russia to resume negotiations to end the conflict that is heading towards its sixth year.
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“War has returned, even to Europe: a new senseless slaughter, claiming countless civilian lives every day,” the Pope told European leaders in Metz.
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Following major cuts to USAID and a reduction in international support for aid operations in Sudan, community and volunteer-led aid networks have provided critical services.
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