Why would you need courage to speak the truth?’ said Navi Pillay, an international court of justice judge, after finding out she had won the 2026 Nobel peace prize.
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The former UN human rights chief was greeted with applause, joking that ‘if you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with [Donald] Trump’, who campaigned hard – unsuccessfully – to win the prize last year. Pillay also referenced her last big achievement, the delivery of the UN inquiry report on Gaza, which said Israel was committing genocide by deliberately targetting children.
Read more about her career via the link in bio. Video credit: Agnes Callamard | @amnesty
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