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The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (Omar Havana/AP)
October 20, 2026, 2:05 pm
US-sanctioned International Criminal Court shortlisted for EU’s top rights prize
European lawmakers say Sakharov Prize shortlist shows they are committed to safeguarding the work of the ICC, which in 2024 issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Former ICC judge Navi Pillay, who was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, poses for a photograph in The Hague, Netherlands, October 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
October 16, 2026, 12:17 am
Pillay decries US sanctions on ICC, where she is ‘confident’ Netanyahu will one day stand trial
Peace prize winner, who received award after accusing Israel of ‘genocide’ in war against Hamas, calls Israel’s blistering response to her ‘grotesque’ victory ‘hurtful and insulting’
By Richard Carter
US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Oncenter, October 9, 2026, in Syracuse, New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
October 10, 2026, 7:50 am
Trump says Nobel winner Pillay ‘hates Israel,’ slams Norway for not giving him prize
US president says decision to give peace award to UN official who oversaw report that concluded Israel committed ​genocide in Gaza is an ‘indelible stain’ on Norway
By Agencies and ToI Staff
South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, sits at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany, October 9, 2026, following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)
October 9, 2026, 2:49 pm
Navi Pillay, head of UN commission that accused Israel of genocide, wins Nobel Peace Prize
Choice seen as rebuke to Israel and US; Israel denounces ‘grotesque weaponization of award, to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice’; committee chair hails Pillay’s work as ‘inspiration to those who seek more peaceful world’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UN commissioners Chris Sidoti, left, Navi Pillay, center, and Miloon Kothari, right, discuss their probe into Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations in New York, October 27, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 16, 2025, 4:19 pm
UN panel claims genocide underway in Gaza; Israel blasts members as ‘Hamas proxies’
Commission of inquiry into Israel cites statements by officials, IDF’s ‘pattern of conduct’ as evidence of intent to ‘destroy Palestinians in Gaza’; barely mentions October 7
By Ariela Karmel, Agencies and ToI Staff
Navi Pillay (center), chair of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, briefs reporters on the first report of the Commission, June 14, 2022. On the right is Miloon Kothari, and at left is Chris Sidoti. (UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré)
August 26, 2025, 8:10 pm
UN inquiry on alleged Israel violence hampered by funding shortfall, document shows
Head of panel, who resigned last month, says it is unable to hire staff, won’t be able to present mandated reports to UN Human Rights Council in March 2026
By Reuters and ToI Staff
UN commissioners Chris Sidoti, left, Navi Pillay, center, and Miloon Kothari, right, discuss their probe into Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations in New York, October 27, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 15, 2025, 3:17 am
All three members of UN commission investigating Israel resign amid Trump crackdown
Resignations, including of former UN rights chief, come as the US imposes sanctions on international anti-Israel investigators
By Luke Tress
Meirav Leshem-Gonen, mother of Hamas hostage Romi Gonen, speaks about Hamas atrocities on October 7 to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 19, 2024. (Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva)
June 20, 2024, 4:20 am
‘Face to face’: Mother of Hamas hostage confronts UN rights officials in Geneva
Meirav Leshem Gonen, whose daughter Romi was kidnapped on Oct. 7, says report by rights council ‘trivializes the severity of sexual violence experienced by women in captivity’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Chairwoman of the 'The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel,' South Africa's Navi Pillay speaks during a briefing to UN member states about ongoing investigations of the Commission at the UN offices in Geneva, on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
June 12, 2024, 12:52 pm
UN reports accuse Israel of ‘extermination,’ crimes against humanity; Hamas of war crimes
Israel rejects findings that ‘outrageously and repugnantly attempt to draw a false equivalence between IDF soldiers and Hamas terrorists,’ accuses UN commission of systematic bias
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Navi Pillay, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, presents a report on the opening day of the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on June 13, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
September 27, 2023, 8:26 pm
Leading US Jewish groups decry top legal award for anti-Israel UN official
Over 30 organizations say Navi Pillay has discriminated against Israel and Jews, urge top law firms to cut support for conference honoring her next month
By Luke Tress
UN commissioners Chris Sidoti, left, Navi Pillay, center, and Miloon Kothari, right, discuss their probe into Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations in New York, October 27, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 28, 2022, 1:25 am
UN commission says it will investigate ‘apartheid’ charges against Israel
Inquest members call term ‘a useful paradigm,’ dismiss antisemitism allegations as a ‘diversion’ and security concerns as a ‘fiction’; say Jerusalem may be guilty of war crimes
By Luke Tress
Then-UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, on May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm, File)
September 21, 2022, 6:03 am
Berlin mayor torpedoes event honoring head of UN probe into Israel
Israeli ambassador says he relayed Jerusalem’s concerns regarding Navi Pillay to Franziska Giffey, leading her to pull support for city-backed ceremony
By Lazar Berman
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following their talks in Moscow, on April 26, 2022. (Maxim Shipenkov/ Pool/ AFP)
July 31, 2022, 10:27 pm
Lapid urges UN chief to disband ‘tainted’ Gaza probe over remarks deemed antisemitic
In a letter, the prime minister denounces ‘Jewish lobby’ comments made by member of the UN Commission of Inquiry now investigating Israel’s May 2021 fight with Hamas
By ToI Staff
Federico Villegas, President of the Human Rights Council, chairs a meeting during the 50th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council on June 30, 2022. (Violaine Martin/UN)
July 29, 2022, 10:22 pm
UN rights council chief tells investigator to clarify ‘Jewish lobby’ remarks
Federico Villegas says comments from member of body probing Israel ‘could reasonably be interpreted as stigmatization’ of Jews after Israel slams panel head for defending him
By AFP and ToI Staff
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, December 2, 2013. (AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
July 29, 2022, 3:36 am
Head of UN panel probing Israel claims ‘Jewish lobby’ comments taken out of context
Navi Pillay says council does not question any state’s UN membership, says colleague’s remarks were ‘deliberately misquoted to imply that social media controlled by Jewish lobby’
By AP and ToI Staff
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