She’s criticised Donald Trump and Israel’s actions in Gaza – so the decision to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has not been without controversy.
She was born in apartheid South Africa in 1941, became a lawyer defending activists trying to bring the regime down, and was made a judge when Nelson Mandela took power.
Most recently she led the UN commission of inquiry that accusing Hamas of war crimes and determining that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.
I spoke to her earlier – and began by asking her how she feels about her Nobel Prize win.
- Nobel Peace Prize, Politics
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