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2026 Nobel Peace Prize: Navi Pillay, International Justice and the ICJ–ICC Difference
Winner: Navanethem “Navi” Pillay. Year: 2026. Category: Nobel Peace Prize. Announced: 9 October 2026. Awarding body: Norwegian Nobel Committee. Reason: contributions to peace and international law. Born in Durban, South Africa, Pillay served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2008–2014, worked at the ICTR and ICC, and was an ad hoc ICJ judge in a genocide-convention case. The biggest exam trap is treating ICJ and ICC as the same tribunal: the ICJ principally hears disputes between states; the ICC exercises criminal jurisdiction over persons for crimes defined by the Rome Statute.
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