Navi Pillay

Biography

Navanetham Pillay (née Naidoo, 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the high commissioner for human rights of the United Nations from 2008 to 2014. Pillay was the first non-white female judge of the High Court of South Africa. She has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She is to be awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Description above from the Wikipedia article Navi Pillay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.