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“Congratulations to lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on her Nobel Peace Prize.”
Von der Leyen congratulates Navanethem Navi Pillay on her Nobel Peace Prize and praises her lifelong dedication to justice and human dignity.
Congratulations to lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on her Nobel Peace Prize. Few have devoted their lives to justice, peace and human dignity like she did. From the violence of apartheid in South Africa to the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, she has confronted some of humanity’s darkest chapters. She has looked the brutality of injustice in the eye and never looked away. She is the defender of the persecuted, the vulnerable, the voiceless and the excluded. Of the rule of law over the right of might. In a world that needs justice more than ever, her courage and moral clarity are a precious compass.
On the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navanethem Pillay.
