Nobel Peace Prize winner to be announced Friday as 287-candidate race stays sealed until 2076

The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the 2026 Peace Prize winner Friday in Oslo, with candidates including Trump and Pope Leo XIV.

• The committee said in April that the 2026 race includes 287 candidates — 208 individuals and 79 organizations — down from 338 last year.
• Nominees' names and their nominators stay sealed for 50 years under Nobel Foundation statutes, closing the full list until 2076.
• Trump said Wednesday he deserves the award while acknowledging uncertainty about the committee's decision.
• Leaders of Cambodia, Israel, and Pakistan said publicly they nominated Trump for the prize.
• Media speculation names Sudan's emergency response rooms, Ukrainian child-rights activist Mykola Kuleba, and Yulia Navalnaya as potential winners.
• The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to South African jurist Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, citing her work promoting peace and international law.
• The prize, worth 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), will be presented in Oslo on December 10.
• The award is the fifth Nobel announced this week, after literature, chemistry, physics, and medicine.
• Pillay, a former UN human rights commissioner, headed the commission accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
• An ICJ judge aged 85, Pillay began her career defending Nelson Mandela against apartheid.
• The committee called the award a reminder that resolving conflicts without force depends on the international rule of law.