Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem "NAVI" Pillay

(nobelprize.org)

91 points | by Anon84 1 hour ago

10 comments

  • killingtime74 51 minutes ago
    I was just checking which were the top guesses on polymarket before the announcement and this winner was not even a choice on there. At least we know there's no insider trading at the Nobel foundation.
    • rags2riches 30 minutes ago
      > In accordance with Nobel's will, the prize is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway unlike all the other awards chosen by the Swedish Nobel Committee.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize

      There's been accusations of leaks in connection to bets with the Nobel Price in Literature.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature_cont...

    • hparadiz 50 minutes ago
      Because it's so insanely offensive to the point of absurd.
      • hackyhacky 49 minutes ago
        Can you explain why this choice is offensive to you?
        • hparadiz 45 minutes ago
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          • khalic 41 minutes ago
            What was the report about?
            • hparadiz 38 minutes ago
              It was a one sided report that went into abuses allegedly committed by the IDF. This same committee refused to look at any evidence of war crimes by Hamas or by Russia in Ukraine during the same period.
              • Intermernet 20 minutes ago
                If I'm doing a report on the corruption of the LAPD (as an example), I don't tend to bring up the organised crime in LA, let alone the Mafia in Milan.

                A report on abuses committed by the IDF should focus on abuses committed by the IDF. There are many reports on the the war crimes of Hamas, and there are many reports on the war crimes of Russia.

                You can't water down the behaviour of the IDF by claiming their actions were somehow justified by the actions of another group. That's how the cycle of aggression perpetuates, and how political agendas overrule human decency. That exact behaviour has some very bad connotations in world history.

              • khalic 35 minutes ago
                What's the name of the committee? I need to check it myself
                • rithdmc 20 minutes ago
                  It's linked in another comment - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50018795
                  • khalic 16 minutes ago
                    The report where she acknowledges the massacre on the very first paragraph? OC should have read the damn thing before posting nonsense
                    • rithdmc 13 minutes ago
                      Yes, that report. There's no nuance to the OC argument - just denial of facts.

                      The reactionary propaganda of it being "one sided" or not including "Russia in Ukraine" in a report about genocide in Gaza has been common since the report came out.

              • andrepd 18 minutes ago
                Why should a report about crimes committed by the IDF write about crimes committed by Russia or by Hamas? That's the most ridiculous attempt at whataboutism I've seen in a long time.
          • dudefeliciano 38 minutes ago
            "7 October 2025 marked two years since the brutal attack by Palestinian militants that killed 1200 Israelis and foreigners in southern Israel"

            Statement by Navi Pillay, 28 October 2025

            https://www.un.org/unispal/document/statement-by-navi-pillay...

          • artisinal 38 minutes ago
            Source: Trust me bro
          • torlok 38 minutes ago
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            • ecshafer 17 minutes ago
              No actually it is my business to condemn people kidnapping, raping and murdering women and children.
            • enrightened 25 minutes ago
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            • flyinglizard 32 minutes ago
              I wholeheartedly support your point.

              All international oversight should be removed and Hamas and Israel could go at it as long and as hard as they wish.

  • onepunchedman 31 minutes ago
    Great to see that they're not afraid to stand up to the rising authoritarianism
    • fifilura 9 minutes ago
      The committee is independent from politics although some dictators may at times misunderstand that.
  • JensRantil 52 minutes ago
    Yay, congrats Navi! Thanks for contributing to international law!
  • vintagedave 1 hour ago
  • nervai 59 minutes ago
    Reminder that the US administration is on a campaign to dismantle the ICC for echoing similar findings to this Nobel Prize winner in her role at UNHRC [1].

    I'm extremely grateful to, and humbled by, these people continuing their brave work knowing they will face the full wrath of the US and Israel govs and their campaigns to dismantle accountability for the worst crimes.

    [1] https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/20...

    • Vaslo 0 minutes ago
      Yes because the only law that the US needs to recognize is its own.
    • vincnetas 13 minutes ago
      "The ICC poses an intolerable threat to U.S. sovereignty – it claims the authority to prosecute and even imprison American servicemen and officials operating on behalf of America’s national interest. Americans never signed up for this, and all American presidents since the ICC’s ratification have maintained that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over Americans. The ICC previously opened an investigation into U.S. servicemen and intelligence officers and has since refused to close these cases."

      Yeah, but somehow if i do some illegal shit according to USA they have no problem arresting me when i come visit (or if they really eager they come to visit me). But how dare you tell us what we can do or cant do INTOLERABLE.

  • thecatthe 15 minutes ago
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  • hparadiz 52 minutes ago
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    • khalic 37 minutes ago
      You mean war criminals like Netanyahu?
    • xg15 45 minutes ago
      Get out of the Israeli bubble please...
      • cramer4next 40 minutes ago
        So now if you disagree your in a bubble? That would then mean your in Palestine bubble right?
        • dudefeliciano 36 minutes ago
          No, being in a bubble means being disconnected from the broader reality.
          • cramer4next 18 minutes ago
            Not from my perspective. Being in bubble means your lacking experience and living a sheltered life. Reality is subjective to ones view.
            • dudefeliciano 6 minutes ago
              > lacking experience and living a sheltered life.

              Hence "Israeli Bubble", sheltered from the reality of their (government/army) actions, convinced to be the most moral army in the world.

              > Reality is subjective to ones view.

              Maybe your subjective reality, that's your thoughts and feelings. But there is an objective reality, like tens of thousands of children killed, the use of a starvation campaign in Gaza, all of Gaza City being turned to rubble which you can see for yourself on google maps satellite view, and many more such war crimes that have been factually proven.

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  • throwfaraway135 48 minutes ago
    Nobel Peace Prize is meaningless, people don't care about actual genocides why would they care about genocide+ (including rape)?

    It's like having your house on fire but patting yourself on the back for fixing a lamp.

    • gpvos 38 minutes ago
      It is, like many things, how much meaning you attach to it yourself. Apparently Donald T. thinks it's very important, he makes a lot of fuss about it.

      Anyway, the NPP is one of the things that tries to push humanity on a broad scale in a better direction, and I'm grateful for that. It is important to at least speak out about injustice, and to celebrate those who do so, otherwise those injustices are never going to be fixed (I'm not even talking about punishing, although that should be done).