The Peace Prize is a very great prize. Navanethem Pillay wins the prize this year. She is 85 years old. Pillay comes from South Africa. The prize group in Oslo tells this today.
Navanethem Pillay is a known lawyer. She works as a judge before. She helps to clear bad crimes. An example is the mass murder in Rwanda in the year 1994. She also fights against the split of people by skin color in her home.
Pillay works as a high leader at the United Nations before. There she helps human rights. This year 287 persons want the prize. The prize has much money. People give the prize on 10 December.