@brutamerica: South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. An anti-apartheid campaigner and former judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, she also led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The Nobel committee praised Pillay for holding states and leaders accountable and bringing hope to victims of violence and conflict. She learned of the award while attending an event at the site of the Nuremberg Trials, responding: “Is it true?” President Donald Trump had repeatedly said he deserved the prize, arguing this week that overlooking him would be “a great discredit” to the committee. #nobelprize #navipillay #humanrights Photo credits: REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud