{"id":754,"date":"2026-10-09T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=754"},"modified":"2026-10-09T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:50:05","slug":"south-african-jurist-navi-pillay-wins-2026-nobel-peace-prize-by-delson-visaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"South African Jurist Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize By Delson Visaho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791557305432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791557305432.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791557305432-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South African human-rights lawyer and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised her for \u201cher efforts to promote peace and international law.\u201d<br><br>Pillay becomes the fifth South African national to receive the Peace Prize. Her career includes landmark work as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and later as a judge on the International Criminal Court, where she contributed to the development of international justice mechanisms.<br><br>As UN High Commissioner she was a consistent voice on human rights, accountability for mass atrocities and the protection of vulnerable populations. The Committee highlighted her lifelong commitment to advancing the rule of law and confronting impunity on the global stage.<br><br>The award was announced on Friday in Oslo. Pillay\u2019s selection continues a tradition of honouring individuals whose work has strengthened the architecture of international human rights and transitional justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African human-rights lawyer and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised her for \u201cher efforts to promote peace and international law.\u201d Pillay becomes the fifth South African national to receive the Peace Prize. Her career includes landmark work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}