Navi Pillay, ex-UN rights chief, awarded Nobel Peace Prize for international law work

South Africa-born jurist Navi Pillay, former UN human rights chief and current ICJ ad hoc judge, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to peace and international law. The award recognizes her decades of work on human rights and genocide tribunals, including presiding over the Rwanda tribunal. This elevates her profile and may draw attention to ongoing ICJ proceedings.