Navi Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her long career advancing human rights; she serves on the International Court of Justice and previously led UN human rights efforts.
The United States has announced sweeping sanctions that block transactions with the International Criminal Court and freeze any ICC assets in US jurisdictions. The measures follow previous targeted sanctions on ICC judges and officials and come hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Several US allies have expressed regret and the ICC has called the move an assault on the rule of law.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay for her decades-long work enforcing international law, including leadership on tribunals for Rwanda and a UN inquiry that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Pillay has received the award while attending a legal forum in Nuremberg.