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Navi Pillay, a South African Human Rights Lawyer, Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

New York Times9 October 2026, 10:29 UTCPalestine

A U.N. commission led by Ms. Pillay that investigated the war in Gaza found last year that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians.

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