Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to International Jurist Navi Pillay
Earlier this week, Trump said he deserved the award, but said, 'They have a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me.'
TL;DR
- Navi Pillay, a South African-born international jurist, received the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Pillay is a former U.N. human rights commissioner.
- The Nobel committee chair highlighted Pillay's "exceptional courage and integrity" in advancing a global legal order.
- The committee stressed the rule of law as fundamental to peace and non-violent conflict resolution.
- The award was announced two days after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed he deserved the prize.