{"id":373568,"date":"2026-10-10T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373568"},"modified":"2026-10-10T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:30:26","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nobel-peace-prize-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Peace Prize 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Navanethem \u2018Navi\u2019 Pillay, a South African jurist of Indian origin and a former ICC judge \u200cwon the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Nobel Peace Prize 2026<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/HULV4v9W4AAiTRY?format=webp&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Nobel Peace Prize 2026\" width=\"233\" height=\"233\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Noble Prize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nobel Peace Prize 2026<\/strong> was awarded to<strong> Navanethem \u2018Navi\u2019 Pillay<\/strong> for<strong> her efforts to promote peace and international law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>She has been honoured for her lifelong<strong> commitment to upholding international law, protecting human rights, and promoting justice against apartheid.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>She became the<strong> first woman to practise law in Natal Province<\/strong> and the <strong>first Black woman to serve on South Africa&#8217;s High Court.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birth:<\/strong> She was <strong>born in 1941 into a family of Indian Tamil origin<\/strong> in Durban, South Africa.\n<ul>\n<li>Her parents are <strong>Narrainsamy Naidoo and Santhama Naidoo.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education:<\/strong> She studied<strong> law at the University of Natal<\/strong> and later attained a <strong>Master&#8217;s and Doctorate from Harvard.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Contributions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>She started her<strong> human rights work during the apartheid era and became the first non-white woman to build her own law practice.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>She<strong> was then appointed as a High Court Judge in South Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1967, she set up a practice in South Africa&#8217;s Natal Province, <\/strong>becoming the first woman to do so.<\/li>\n<li>UN General Assembly appointed<strong> her as judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda<\/strong> after she defended several opponents of apartheid.<\/li>\n<li>She also <strong>serve as a judge on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-criminal-court-icc\/\">International Criminal Court (ICC)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>From<strong> 2008 to 2014, <\/strong>she held the position of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-structure-functioning-and-objective-of-the-office-of-the-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-ohchr\/\">United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>She also chaired the <strong>UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory<\/strong> from <strong>2021 to 2025, and in 2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Currently, she is a <strong>judge on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-court-of-justice-significance-and-challenges-explained-pointwise\/\">International Court of Justice<\/a><\/strong> in a case where Myanmar stands accused of genocide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"yellow-h2-box\">About Nobel Peace Prize<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.un.org\/sites\/un2.un.org\/files\/2021\/03\/nobel-peace-medal.jpg?resize=295%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nobel Peace Prize \" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: United Nations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong> is\u00a0<strong>one of the six Nobel Prizes<\/strong> established through the will of <strong>Alfred Nobel (1895)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is awarded to people or organisations, who do the most to promote <strong>world peace, build ties between nations, and reduce armed forces.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is awarded annually since <strong>1901.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is awarded in <strong>Oslo, Norway and<\/strong> decided by <strong>Norwegian Nobel Committee .<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Prize:<\/strong> It includes\u00a0a <strong><strong>gold medal, diploma and 11 million Swedish kronor.<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">India <\/span><\/b>has <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">two Nobel Peace Prize laureates namely <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mother Teresa (1979) and Kailash Satyarthi (2014).\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Navanethem \u2018Navi\u2019 Pillay, a South African jurist of Indian origin and a former ICC judge \u200cwon the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. About Nobel Peace Prize 2026 Nobel Peace Prize 2026 was awarded to Navanethem \u2018Navi\u2019 Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. 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