Tag: Nobel Peace Prize
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US government renews attack on the ICC after Nobel Peace Prize awarded to ex-ICC jurist
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced new sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), hours after South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Pillay, born in Durban, South Africa, in 1941, has spent decades working in international justice…
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María Corina Machado escapes to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado has escaped Venezuela in secret and fled to Norway to receive her Nobel Peace Prize. María Corina Machado was in hiding in Venezuela before she fled the country on the 9th December. She fled in disguise, and driven through ten military checkpoints by an escort to the coast of…
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Malta’s Deputy-Prime Minister nominates President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize
In a message posted on social media earlier today, Mata’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ian Borg announced that he has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Foreign Minister said that he had presented this nomination when he was at the United Nations General Assembly, and also encouraged the…