2026 Nobel Peace Prize: Who is Navanethem “Navi” Pillay?

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on Friday, October 9, 2026. The 85-year-old South Africa-born served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.