# Former UN human rights chief receives top peace award

https://mins.news/en/video/93903

- DW News, 2026-10-09 22:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsjoyx-LMC4

> South African jurist Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to promote peace and international law, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She heard the news at a conference in Nuremberg and initially thought it was a joke.

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