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The choice drew condemnation from Israel over Ms. Pillay’s role leading a U.N. commission that said the country had committed genocide against Palestinians.
Zane IrwinInternational RelationsNobel Prizes
Navanethem Pillay
Lynsey ChutelNobel PrizesApartheid (Policy)
Opener’s painful duck gets tourists’ series off to bad startRenshaw and Cummins keep hosts’ attack at bayIf we accept that sporting tenures are results-based, then the Australian selectors George Bailey and Tony Dodemaide should be conferring with the coach Andrew McDonald to submit a mass resignation. The opening moments of the first Test in Durban were enough to return the predictable harvest of one of the most bizarre selection decisions ever made for the national XI, with Nic Maddinson bowled for a torturous 33-ball duck, early impetus for Australia’s slide to 187 for 6 by the time bad light ended play.Maddinson should not have lasted half that long, nailed on the pad by Wiaan Mulder after 15 balls but spared by umpire error and a timid South African non-review. Even that huge slice of luck never looked like becoming anything more. His innings went nowhere, shuffling, defensive, miss
Geoff LemonCricketAustralia cricket team
A U.N. commission led by Ms. Pillay that investigated the war in Gaza found last year that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians.
Jonathan Wolfe and Nick Cumming-BrucePillay, NaviNobel Prizes
South Africa has experienced recurrent outbreaks of violence, often targeting migrants from neighbouring countries.
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.(Image credit: Daniel Karmann)
Emmet Livingstone
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