# Nobel Peace Prize goes to UN jurist who accused Israel of genocide in Gaza

https://mins.news/en/item/93393

- Fox News, 2026-10-09 14:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/nobel-peace-prize-awarded-un-jurist-accused-israel-committing-genocide-gaza

> Veteran jurist Navi Pillay, who chaired a UN commission that found Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to advance peace and international law. The Nobel Committee said strong international judicial institutions must be able to uphold the rule of law; Israel dismissed the commission’s findings as “distorted and false.”

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