
The South African lawyer is being honored for her work in prosecuting war crimes and genocide.
South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay will receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to the prosecution of war crimes and genocide.
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Navanethem Pillay was a judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague from 2003 to 2008.
Navanethem “Navi” Pillay receives this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize Committee explained its decision by saying that the lawyer from South Africa contributed to ensuring that war crimes and genocide were appropriately prosecuted.
Pillay was a judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague from 2003 to 2008.
A total of 287 candidates were nominated for the prize, 208 individuals and 79 organizations. Donald Trump is said to have been among them again. As expected, the US President came away empty-handed as in 2025. Last year, the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was honored. She dedicated her award to Trump and gave him her medal.
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is worth twelve million Swedish crowns, which is just over one million euros. Nobel Prize winners have already been announced since Monday in the categories of medicine, physics, chemistry and literature. Among the three medicine prize winners are two German researchers, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. This year the prestigious award for literature went to the Canadian Anne Carson.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to the South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay. The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo honored the 85-year-old for her commitment to peace and international law.

The 85-year-old South African Navanethem Pillay will receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work on international law and against war crimes.

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