2026-10-09 10:38 UTC
🎉 #HumanRights Lawyer #NaviPillay Is Awarded #NobelPeacePrize 👏👏
Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa & on international courts investigating #WarCrimes. She led a #UN panel that determined that #Israel had committed #genocide against #Palestinians in #Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.
#law #InternationalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/09/world/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2026?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.EchS.P9cn8pV6X6F3&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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@Nonilex@masto.ai 2026-10-09 10:44
The 2026 #NobelPeacePrize winner is #NaviPillay, a South African #HumanRights lawyer who was recognized for “for her efforts to promote #peace & #InternationalLaw,” the Nobel Cmte announced Friday. Pillay, formerly the #UnitedNations’ top human rights ofcl, also served as a judge at the #ICC & on an international tribunal investigating the 1994 #genocide in #Rwanda. Last year, a #UN commission led by Pillay determined that #Israel had committed #genocide against #Palestinians in #Gaza…. #law
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@rjblaskiewicz@mstdn.social 2026-10-09 10:44
@Nonilex@masto.ai Very good.