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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger and Rachel Savage

ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief who chaired the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza.

The Norwegian Nobel committee said Pillay, who is serving as a judge at the international court of justice (ICJ), has “shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence”.

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