Navanethem “Navi” Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. The committee said Navi Pillay showed “exceptional courage” and that her “integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order.” “This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted,” the announcement said. The United Nations human rights office welcomed the news of Navi Pillay’s win, acknowledging her longstanding advocacy for human rights.
The Peace Prize is the fifth Nobel awarded this week, after literature, chemistry, physics and medicine. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won in 2025. The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 12 million Swedish crowns, or about $1.2 million, is due to be presented in Oslo on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who founded the awards in his 1895 will.
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