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Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay hits out at US sanctions on ICC

Just days after the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, the White House imposed fresh sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Pillay, the former UN human rights chief, says the timing was no coincidence.




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00:01Just days after the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillai and the White House imposed fresh sanctions
00:10on the International Criminal Court, Pillai, the former UN Human Rights Chief, says the timing was no coincidence.
00:17I don't think they ever do anything spontaneously. They planned this, and I do believe myself, and many people share
00:26that view as well, because we had a chance to talk about it in Nuremberg, where I was, that it's
00:33not coincidental.
00:35It seems to be a reaction to the fact that the award was not given to the President of the
00:41United States.
00:42The South African jurist was awarded for advancing peace and international law. She's also defended Nelson Mandela and other anti
00:51-apartheid activists.
00:53We in South Africa under apartheid had no access to remedies to complain about these immoral, racist laws.
01:02We were told that's the law of the country. We were told so by white male judges as well. We
01:09only had white male judges in apartheid South Africa.
01:12And I always yearned for a system of values and principles.
01:21Trump, who has long coveted the Nobel, accused the committee of demeaning the prize by honoring Pillai.
01:27He has repeatedly claimed he deserves it despite starting the ongoing U.S.-Israel war on Iran.

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