Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:43pm on 09 Oct 2026,Friday India Global
South African jurist Navi Pillay joked that she might share her 2026 Nobel Peace Prize with US President Donald Trump if the applause continued. The 85-year-old made the remark in Nuremberg, Germany, after colleagues congratulated her, in a moment captured in a video shared by Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard. Pillay initially suspected the Nobel announcement was a joke and said she wanted to verify it, drawing on her experience as a lawyer and judge. The Nobel committee recognised her commitment to universal legal principles and strong moral compass. A former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay also headed the tribunal investigating the Rwanda genocide.
