"The last thing I did was naming what is happening in Gaza a genocide."

Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

Pillay chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, from 2021 to 2025.

In a landmark 2025 report, the commission concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.