# Who is Navi Pillay, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate?

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-09 14:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/9/who-is-navi-pillay-winner-of-the-2026-nobel-peace-prize?traffic_source=rss

> South African judge Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the fifth South African recipient. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited her decades of work seeking accountability for genocide and war crimes, including defending anti-apartheid activists and leading a UN inquiry that found Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza.

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