South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay was on Friday announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

She was honoured “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement.

The committee said the award was going “to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order,” noting that she “has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”