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Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay's apartheid-forged career
Pillay's decades as a judge and human rights advocate followed her anti-apartheid activism in South Africa, though critics dispute whether her work advances peace.

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- The New York TimesAn International Career Forged by the Struggles of Apartheid
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNavi Pillay has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, and The New York Times has published a profile of her career.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Times says she fought racism in South Africa under apartheid.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat fight shaped her path as a judge and an advocate for justice and human rights, at home and internationally.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat a beautiful story. A peace prize that brings everybody together.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece headlined A Nobel Prize for Hating Israel. It argues the award will do nothing for peace.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is an opinion column, and it should be read as one.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA third Times piece notes the criteria for the prize have changed over time.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChanged? Who approved that?

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA committee in Norway. They have been doing it for decades, usually after the winner is announced.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the peace prize has caused a fight. Gloria, that's a pageant with a sash and no rulebook.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVera, I have covered governments that collapsed over less. Never over a sash.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt needs a Miss Congeniality.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe committee has been handing that one out for years. Nobody ever accepts it.


