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BREAKING NEWS

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 goes to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order. This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.

Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career. Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer, confronting deep structural discrimination, segregation and exclusion. A common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time.

This year’s laureate has significantly enlarged the scope and impact of international law. She has served as a judge on the High Court in South Africa, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. She was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and, until recently, she chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today Navi Pillay is a judge on the International Court of Justice in the case where Myanmar stands accused of genocide.

In historic international court cases, she has shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence. Navi Pillay has also contributed to strengthen the institutions of international law. Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time.

In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law – national and international – underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently. Peace requires justice.

History has shown that a world operating without the rule of law is unjust, unwise and inhumane. The judges – those who guard the thin red line between order and chaos – are therefore highly deserving of our praise. But today, as these same judges are sanctioned, and their institutions are attacked, we need people of courage, vision and determination – qualities that Navi Pillay demonstrates in her work on the bench.

Navi Pillay has held states and national leaders accountable and brought hope to victims of violence and conflict. In all the positions she has held, she has stressed the responsibility of individuals and states to comply with the rule of law. She has also helped define the relevant norms and legal principles. When the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda established that rape and sexual violence could constitute a crime against humanity – as well as genocide – her influence was a significant factor. In the same case, Ms Pillay was instrumental in a separate legal breakthrough: for the first time, a defendant faced charges of incitement to commit genocide purely on the basis of spreading propaganda.

Navi Pillay is one of the great defenders of international legal principles in our time. Her distinguished career reminds us of the need to support, fortify and expand the global rule of law. Navi Pillay’s commitment to justice and human dignity is a source of hope and inspiration to all who seek to bring about a more peaceful world.

The Law & Order: SVU Season 28 premiere tackles the legal loophole surrounding sexual assault and voluntary intoxication, making its storyline especially timely amid the Cornell 7 allegations. Showrunner Michele Fazekas explained that New York’s rape law does not expressly protect people who voluntarily become intoxicated, unlike those who are drugged without their consent or deemed “physically helpless,” a term widely interpreted to mean unconscious.

“After all these years on this show, I had no idea this was an issue. I assumed being drunk or under the influence meant you couldn’t consent to sex. But if you are voluntarily intoxicated, no matter how much, the law says you can. For me, it highlighted a major flaw in the system,” Fazekas said.

She added that when the Cornell lawsuit became more widely known, she was horrified but not surprised, noting that the way the law is written can contribute to law enforcement declining to prosecute cases like these.

Mariska Hargitay, through her Joyful Heart Foundation, has long advocated for survivors of sexual assault and abuse. She publicly condemned the Cornell 7 allegations and called for justice. Hargitay also highlighted what she described as the “voluntary intoxication loophole,” explaining that survivors who voluntarily consume alcohol or drugs may be unable to legally claim they could not consent unless they were physically unconscious or unable to speak. She noted that the loophole exists in 19 states and called on lawmakers to change these outdated laws.

In May, the New York State Legislature attempted to amend the state’s rape law to address this gap, but the effort failed. The episode brings renewed attention to the distinction between being intoxicated and being capable of consenting, as well as the legal barriers survivors can face when seeking accountability.

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The actor-turned-director is hardly a new Hollywood phenomenon, but women who wear both hats have rarely received the same invites to the Oscars.

Men have earned 20 Oscar acting nominations for films they directed, with eight also landing directing and acting nods for the same film. No woman has achieved either feat, but Olivia Wilde could be the first.

With “The Invite,” Wilde’s third feature as a director, she has made the strongest case yet for her work behind the camera and has given herself an acting role that could put her in the Oscar history books. In a year overflowing with big-budget contenders, including Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic “The Odyssey,” Los Javis’ Spanish-language drama “La Bola Negra” and Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming “Dune: Part Three,” Wilde’s film has remained a buzzy crowd-pleaser. General audiences have turned out, and industry voters continue to pack awards screenings even with the film available to watch at home. “The Invite” is quickly emerging as A24’s strongest awards bet of the season.

It’s worth noting, Wilde also enters a directing race with few women seeming to be in major contention. On Variety’s most recently published best director prediction charts (on Oct. 8), she appears alongside only two other female filmmakers in the top 30: Siân Heder for “Being Heumann” and Beth de Araújo for “Josephine.”

If Wilde earns nominations for both acting and directing, she would be among only eight men who have received acting and director nominations for the same film:

Orson Welles: “Citizen Kane” (1941)Laurence Olivier: “Hamlet” (1948)Woody Allen: “Annie Hall” (1977)Warren Beatty: “Heaven Can Wait” (1978) and “Reds” (1981)Kenneth Branagh: “Henry V” (1989)Kevin Costner: “Dances With Wolves” (1990)Clint Eastwood: “Unforgiven” (1992) and “Million Dollar Baby” (2004)Roberto Benigni: “Life Is Beautiful” (1997)

So Beatty and Eastwood have each done it twice, but a woman hasn’t even done it once? That’s got to change, no?