2022: Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian organization Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine have been honored “for their impressive efforts to document war crimes, human rights violations and abuses of power.”
2021: Journalists Maria Ressa (Philippines) and Dmitri Muratov (Russia), awarded “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”
2020: The UN World Food Program (WFP) was recognized for “its efforts in the fight against hunger, its contribution to improving peace conditions in conflict zones and for having promoted efforts to avoid turning hunger into a weapon of war”.
2019: Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian Prime Minister, was highlighted for the reconciliation between his country and Eritrea.
2018: Gynecologist Denis Mukwege (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Yazidi Nadia Murad were honored for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
2017: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) gained recognition for its fight to abolish nuclear weapons.
2016: Juan Manuel Santos achieved the distinction for having contributed to ending half a century of internal war in Colombia.
2015: The quartet for the National Dialogue in Tunisia, which then made it possible to save the Tunisian democratic transition.
2014: Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan) and Kailash Satyarthi (India) were awarded for their fight against the exploitation of children and young people and for everyone’s right to education.
2013: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) took the award for its efforts to eradicate this type of weapon of mass destruction.
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