വർണ്ണവിവേചനത്തിനെതിരെ പോരാടിയ ദക്ഷിണാഫ്രിക്കൻ മനുഷ്യാവകാശ അഭിഭാഷക നവി പിള്ളയ്ക്ക് സമാധാനത്തിനുള്ള നോബൽ സമ്മാനം ലഭിച്ചു. ഗാസയിലെ യുദ്ധത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് അന്വേഷിച്ച യുഎൻ കമ്മീഷന്റെ തലവനെന്ന നിലയിൽ ഇസ്രായേൽ വംശഹത്യ നടത്തിയെന്ന് അവർ കണ്ടെത്തിയിരുന്നു. അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര നിയമങ്ങൾക്കും സമാധാനത്തിനും നൽകിയ സംഭാവനകൾ പരിഗണിച്ചാണ് നോബൽ സമിതി ഈ അംഗീകാരം നൽകിയത്.
A U.N. commission led by Ms. Pillay that investigated the war in Gaza found last year that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians.
Navi Pillay, who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, is a South African human rights lawyer who fought against the apartheid regime and who was formerly the United Nations' top human rights official.
She was recognized "for her efforts to promote peace and international law," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in announcing the prize in Oslo.
Last year, a United Nations commission led by Ms. Pillay that was investigating the war in Gaza found that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians, its most sweeping finding yet about the Israeli government's conduct in the conflict. The Israeli government denounced the report.
The Nobel committee's statement announcing Ms. Pillay as the winner included only a brief mention of her work on that investigation. Asked about it after the announcement, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, the committee's chair, said her work on the commission was an "an important part of the reasoning why she received the prize."
The U.N. human rights office welcomed the news.
"Particularly at this time, when human rights are under attack by so many, including so many in powerful positions, this award to Navi Pillay is a testament to how important and how relevant human rights are to everything we do," said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the U.N. human rights chief, Volker Turk.
"Navi Pillay remains an inspiration to millions globally, including her colleagues at the U.N. human rights office."