Nobel Peace Prize: Navanethem Pillay, a tireless advocate for international justice

Navanethem Pillay, an 85-year-old South African judge, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. According to Le Monde English, Pillay served on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the 1990s and recently chaired the United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry, which determined that a genocide was taking place in Gaza.

The award has sparked controversy, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office calling Pillay a "bigot" against Jews, accusing her of fostering the "demonisation of Jews" (Free Malaysia Today). Netanyahu's office stated that the Nobel Prize committee had "lost its moral compass" by awarding the prize to someone who had accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

The day of the award, the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions against the International Criminal Court, adding the entire court to its Specially Designated Nationals list, a move that would impose financial punishment on any entity that does business with the ICC (Japan Times). The US Treasury Department's decision was seen as an attempt to cripple the organization, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio stating that President Trump would "never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans" (MercoPress).

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