On October 9, 2026, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, a South African human rights lawyer and former ICC judge who supported Mandela on Robben Island. The discussion has widened beyond the award: coverage notes that Pillay, not Donald Trump, won, and that Rubio declared major sanctions on the ICC and blacklisted it, with anyone doing business with the court facing further sanctions. Pillay joked she might share the prize with Trump if the audience clapped more, and collects it in Norway in December. Norway's foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, says Norway has reminded Trump the Nobel Committee is independent.