COPENHAGEN, Oct 9 (Bernama-dpa) -- The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jurist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay of South Africa "for her efforts to promote peace and international law," the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday, reported German news agency dpa.
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- Pillay, whose background is Indian Tamil, grew up in the eastern coastal city of Durban, where she set up her own law firm in the 1960s.
- She has been "at the forefront in the development of an international legal order" after starting out "defending activists who stood up against apartheid," the committee said.
- She was appointed to the High Court of South Africa in 1995.
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