Navi Pillay
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Oct 12, 2026
Mark Leon GoldbergHOST
We have new sanctions that the United States is planning to impose on the International Criminal Court.
Mark Leon GoldbergHOST
But to kick off just hours ago, the Nobel Committee conferred this year's Nobel Peace Prize on former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay.
Mark Leon GoldbergHOST
What's your first gut reaction to that?
Anjali DayalHOST
my first reaction was wow that is a deeply worthy person of that award and i think you know novella peace prize is one of your areas of interest right so yeah you know better than most that there's sometimes a little bit of like back and forth about was this really a person worthy of this prize but there is a category of winners that sort of i think unimpeachably the kind of person for whom this prize is made and i think she's among them someone who is extremely well known to people who certainly study international human rights, but beyond that, to people who advocate for international human rights at pretty much every level.
Mark Leon GoldbergHOST
at 85 she is sprightly
Anjali DayalHOST
yeah
Mark Leon GoldbergHOST
i saw her reaction today and i was like oh man i i hope at 85 i'm that cogent and sprightly as well it's funny so my first gut reaction was i kind of like chuckled to myself i was like oh here's the nobel committee coming to navi pillay's defense after relentless personal attacks against her by the government of israel and to me and i wrote a piece on this on global dispatches just now you know i like to think of the nobel peace prize conferred with some strategic intent in mind
Anjali DayalHOST
yeah
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
Alongside Chris Wright, as he showed off the wad of papers, was Natalie Harp, the 80-year-old president's... adoring aide known for her habit of printing out all kinds of internet slop for Donald Trump and his allies.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
On close inspection, as we'll see in a second, the papers in Wright's hands clearly are a printout about the Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, the veteran South African human rights campaigner who led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
And a little side note there, if anyone wants to dispute that it is a genocide or wants to use different words, please point them to this UN commission and the Nobel Peace Prize.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
It's a genocide.
Ross MiharaHOST
[upbeat music] The latest Nobel Peace Prize laureate is warning about the future of the International Criminal Court.
Ross MiharaHOST
[clapping] Navi Pillay joined an event in Oslo online the day after she was named this year's Peace Prize winner.
Ross MiharaHOST
She previously served as an ICC judge.
Navi PillaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There is so much tension and, and anxiety over the continued existence of international courts, mainly the International Criminal Court in The Hague, that, uh, you know, hundreds of staff feel they, they are under threat.
Chad CultgenHOST
Trump is a sore loser is our number four topic.
Chad CultgenHOST
On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 prize to Navi Pillay, a South African judge and former UN High Commissioner for human rights for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Chad CultgenHOST
The committee said she was instrumental in ensuring war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide were prosecuted.
Chad CultgenHOST
Trump's fragile ego couldn't handle it.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
Zelensky also said that Russia had hit a Ukrainian power plant after Trump's announcement.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
In Norway, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the South African judge Navi Pillay.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
Pillay was a judge on the International Criminal Court and led the tribunal for the Rwandan genocide.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
From 2008 to 2014, she was the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner.
Adesoji IginlaHOST
Okay.
Adesoji IginlaHOST
There was a, there was a great news from the, uh, Nobel circuit, um, that a lifelong lawyer and advocate, Navi Pillay, from South Africa has won the Nobel Prize.
Adesoji IginlaHOST
Especially like, uh, one line speech, she said, "Well, she won't be sharing this with Trump." [chuckles]
Milton AllimadiPANELIST
That was a classic, yeah.
Mike JordanHOST
It is obviously very important work and she deserves recognition.
Mike JordanHOST
Her name is Navi Pillay.
Mike JordanHOST
Navi Pile is a South African human rights lawyer who's worked at the UN for many years and has made it her life's work to end genocides.
Mike JordanHOST
Unfortunately, if we look at the reality, it kind of seems like she's creating genocides and being awarded for it.
Mike JordanHOST
Congratulations.
Mike JordanHOST
I proved it didn't happen.
Mike JordanHOST
We'll get back to the United Nations and Navi Pillay specifically in a minute.
Mike JordanHOST
But let's start with just overall genocide discussion.
Selwyn ManuHOST
This year's Nobel Peace Prize has gone to a former International Crimi-Criminal Court judge who oversaw a United Nations report that concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
Selwyn ManuHOST
The Nobel Committee in Norway, which awards the prize, has praised Navi Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Selwyn ManuHOST
Responding from Nuremberg, where she was attending a legal conference, Judge Pillay commented on the UN findings she led.
Navi PillaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One of the main reactions to that report is, uh, paying tribute to me for my courage, and you can imagine how surprised I was.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's what I hear.
Antonia HyltonHOST
So who is this person he claims that nobody even knows? Well, she's a South African legal pioneer named Navi Pillay, who defended Nelson Mandela, was crucial to the anti-apartheid movement, and seemingly most notable to this administration, she was an International Criminal Court judge who led the UN panel that found Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
Antonia HyltonHOST
Hours after the announcement of Pillay's win, the Trump administration imposed severe and unprecedented sanctions on the ICC, effectively hindering a global institution that seeks to prosecute those accused of war crimes and genocide.
Antonia HyltonHOST
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been reportedly preparing this move for months after Trump claimed the court was trying to undermine the work of the US and allies, including Israel, but the timing is certainly interesting.
Andres VillarroelHOST
And lastly, some interesting, you know, this is more of an anecdote than a news.
Andres VillarroelHOST
Uh, we have the announcement of the twenty twenty-six Nobel Pe-Peace Prize winner, and I'm gonna butcher the name, Navi Pillay, I believe is the name.
Andres VillarroelHOST
She's from South Africa.
Andres VillarroelHOST
She defended the apartheid.
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