The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to South Africa's Navi Pillay, a human rights champion who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and last year accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award, with its chair, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, stating that Pillay has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted.
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