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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay awarded Sydney Peace Prize

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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has been awarded this year's Sydney Peace Prize for what the jury described as a lifetime's work devoted to human rights, peace, justice and equality. Judge Pillay joins past recipients of the accolade, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Uluru Statement of the Heart and the Hashtag ((#)) Me Too Movement.
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