Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay defends the international justice system

As a judge, she had to see the evidence of her win before she could believe the news, THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Navi Pillay, the South African-born jurist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week, informed The Associated Press.

Key points

• So now I have read it for myself, and it's true, remarked Pillay, 85.
• Peace requires justice, committee Chairman Jørgen Watne Frydnes remarked.
• "To be honored for that kind of work is tremendous, not only for me, but for all my colleagues, " Pillay remarked.

"I received the letter in writing. So now I have read it for myself, and it's true, " remarked Pillay, 85. This person won the award for promoting international law at a time when the system is under attack.

Her career has ranged from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that discovered that Israel committed genocide in Gaza to serving as a judge on three international courts.

On the 125th anniversary of the prize's inception, the Norwegian Nobel Committee sought "to remind the world that the rule of law, national and international, underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts nonviolently. Peace requires justice, " committee Chairman Jørgen Watne Frydnes remarked.

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