Who is Navi Pillay, winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?

South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the fifth South African to win it.Making the announcement on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Pillay for her decades-long efforts to prosecute genocide and war crimes, which have been marked by “judicial rigour, personal integrity and considerable courage”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UN discusses prevention of genocide: Six times it failed to do just thatlist 2 of 3Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised as health deteriorateslist 3 of 3Malaysia gave refuge to Rohingya; now it wants them to goend of listFrom defending activists in apartheid-era South Africa, to more recently overseeing a United Nations inquiry which declared Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza, the 85-year-old, who is also a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has specialised in international law for decades.Here’s what we know about her life and why she has been awarded the world’s top peace prize:Who is Pillay?Navanethem Pillay, known as Navi Pillay, was born in the racially segregated city of Durban in South Africa’s Natal province in 1940 to parents of...