Mark Klamberg

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Professor Public International Law and Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University. Affiliated with American University Washington College of Law, the Atlantic Council and CILRAP.

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Swedish connections: - Navi Pillay served as a judge in the Akayesu case — the first time an international court convicted someone of genocide. In addition to Pillay, the panel included Lennart Aspegren, a Swedish judge and honorary doctor at Stockholm University. He passed away on 21 May 2026.

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as well as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The prize can be read as a tribute to the personal perseverance required to advance international justice, even when the surrounding systems remain flawed.

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from her groundbreaking role in the Akayesu case at the ICTR, where rape was for the first time recognized as an act of genocide, to her time as a judge and President of the ICC,

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As a scholar, I see this prize as a recognition of a life's work rather than a single breakthrough. Navi Pillay has shaped the development of international criminal law over several decades —

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My comment on the Nobel Peace prize being awarded Navi Pillay: This prize does not mean that international justice has arrived — it means the world still believes that those who have devoted their lives to pursuing it deserve to be recognized.

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For the record, I think the story in NAZA shows potential war crimes, however it does not in itself show genocide. For genocide allegations to be successful, South Africa needs other evidence and that is what they try do in their submission.

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Stockholms universitet har ytlyst tjänst, Universitetslektor i internationella relationer. För att kunna utföra anställningens arbetsuppgifter måste den sökande ha dokumenterad förmåga att använda både svenska och engelska i tal och skrift på professionell nivå. su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

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