Nobel Peace Prize announcement imminent

BREAKING: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay for her efforts to promote international law

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentNavanethem “Navi” Pillay in Johannesburg in 2023.Wikus De Wet / AFP via GettyShareAdd NBC News to GoogleOct. 9, 2026, 4:48 AM EDT / Updated Oct. 9, 2026, 5:05 AM EDTBy Alexander SmithThe Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to the South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

Other frontrunners had included Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of anti-Kremlin figure Alexei Navalny, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, and Mykola Kuleba, who founded an organization to rescue Ukrainian children abducted and forcibly deported by Russia.

President Donald Trump was among the 287 candidates, according to the leaders of Israel, Pakistan and Cambodia, which said they nominated him. But despite long coveting the award, President Donald Trump said this week he didn’t think he would win.

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ShareAdd NBC News to GoogleAlexander SmithAlexander Smith is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital based in London.