A Nobel Peace Prize for a female defender of human rights

THE awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist and former International Criminal Court (ICC) judge Navi Pillay for her lifelong efforts to promote peace, international law and human rights has been greeted with great praise. She welcomed the honor but said it was a “lonely” award, since promoting…

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