Library weekly: Navi Pillay

On 9 October, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the South African jurist Navanetham "Navi" Pillay  (born 23 September 1941). She served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Tamil origin, 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. Navi Pillay is featured in our library weekly!