Right Livelihood Award

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Right Livelihood Award
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Awarded for"Practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today"
Country Sweden
Presented byRight Livelihood
First awarded1980
Website rightlivelihood.org

The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." [1] The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, and is presented annually in early December. [2] An international jury, invited by the five regular Right Livelihood Award board members, decides the awards in such fields as environmental protection, human rights, sustainable development, health, education, and peace. [3] The prize money is shared among the winners, usually numbering four, and is €200,000. [4] Very often one of the four laureates receives an honorary award, which means that the other three share the prize money. [3]

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Although it has been promoted as an "Alternative Nobel Prize", [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] it does not have any organizational ties at all to the awarding institutions of the Nobel Prize or the Nobel Foundation.

The Right Livelihood Award committee arranged for awards to be made in the Riksdag of Sweden the day before the Nobel prizes and the economics prize are awarded in Stockholm. The Right Livelihood Awards are generally understood as a critique of the traditional Nobel prizes. [9]

The establishment of this award followed a failed attempt to have the Nobel Foundation create new prizes in the areas of environmental protection, sustainable development and human rights. The prize has been awarded to a diverse group of people and organisations, including Wangari Maathai, Astrid Lindgren, Bianca Jagger, Mordechai Vanunu, Leopold Kohr, Arna Mer-Khamis, Felicia Langer, Petra Kelly, Survival International, Amy Goodman, Catherine Hamlin, Memorial, Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg, and Greta Thunberg.

Ceremony

Since 1985, the ceremony has taken place in Stockholm's old Parliament building, in the days before the traditional Nobel prizes are awarded in the same city. A group of Swedish Parliamentarians from different parties host the ceremony; in 2009 European Commissioner Margot Wallström co-hosted the ceremony. However, in 2014 when it became public that one of the recipients of the 2014 prize was whistleblower Edward Snowden, the ceremonial group was disinvited from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs building in Stockholm. [10]

In 2019, marking the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Award, the ceremony was held at Cirkus in front of a live audience of more than 1,200 people. World-renowned artists such as José González and Ane Brun were among the night's performers. [11]

Nature of the award

Some media refer to the prize as the Alternative Nobel Prize, [3] and the prize is frequently understood as a critique of the traditional Nobel prizes. [9] The prize differs significantly from the Nobel Prizes:

History

Jakob von Uexküll, a philanthropist, sold his stamp collection worth US$1 million, which provided the initial funding for the award. Before establishing the award in 1980, von Uexkull had tried to persuade the Nobel Foundation to establish new prizes to be awarded together with the Nobel Prizes. He suggested new prize categories to be created: one in ecology and one in development. [13] Like the Nobel Economics Prize, this would have been possible with an amendment to the Nobel Foundation statutes and funding of the prize amount completely separate from Nobel's fortune. The Nobel Prize amount was 880,000 Swedish kronor at that time, [14] which corresponded to US$195,000. [15] However, as a result of the debate that followed the establishment of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (first awarded in 1969), the Nobel Foundation had decided not to associate the Nobel Prize with any additional awards, so von Uexküll's proposal was rejected. [16]

From 1980 to 2021, the foundation presented awards to 186 laureates from 73 countries. [17] Its self-described purpose is to bestow prizes and thus publicize the work of recipients' local solutions to worldwide problems. [18]

Laureates

YearImageLaureates [19] CountryCitation
1980
Hassan Fathy in Cairo (cropped).jpg Hassan Fathy
(1900–1989)
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt "for developing an 'Architecture for the Poor'."
Stephen Gaskin at the Nambassa 3 day Music & Alternatives festival, New Zealand 1981. Photographer Michael Bennetts.jpg Stephen Gaskin
(1935–2014)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho
"for caring, sharing and acting with and on behalf of those in need at home and abroad."
Plenty International
1981
Mike Cooley
(1934–2020)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for designing and promoting the theory and practice of human-centred, socially useful production."
Bill Mollison, 2008 (cropped).jpg Bill Mollison
(1928–2016)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia "for developing and promoting the theory and practice of permaculture."
Patrick van Rensburg
(1931–2017)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
"for developing replicable educational models for the third world majority."
Foundation for Education with Production (FEP)
1982
Erik Dammann 2011.jpg Erik Dammann
(b. 1931)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway "for challenging Western values and lifestyles in order to promote a more responsible attitude to the environment and the third world."
Anwar Fazal
(b. 1941)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia "for fighting for the rights of consumers and helping them to do the same."
Petra Kelly, 1987 (cropped).jpg Petra Kelly
(1947–1992)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany "for forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human rights."
Participatory Institute for Development Alternatives (PIDA)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka "for developing exemplary processes of self-reliant, participatory development among the poor in Asia."
George Trevelyan
(1906–1996)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for educating the adult spirit to a new non-materialistic vision of human nature."
1983
Leopold Kohr
(1909–1994)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria "for his early inspiration of the movement for a human scale."
Amory Lovins, 2011 (cropped).jpg Amory Lovins
(b 1947)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for pioneering soft energy paths for global security."
Hunter Lovins, 2007 (cropped).jpg Hunter Sheldon-Lovins
(b. 1950)
RMI-logo.png Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Manfred Max Neef.jpg Manfred Max-Neef
(1932–2019)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile "for revitalising small and medium-sized communities through 'Barefoot Economics'."
Centre for Development Alternatives (CEPAUR)
Yutakagibbons.jpg Yutaka Gibbons
(1944–2021)
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau "for upholding the democratic, constitutional right of their island to remain nuclear-free."
Palauan people in 1930s 1.JPG The People of Belau
1984
Imane Khalifeh
(1955–1995)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon "for inspiring and organising the Beirut peace movement."
MJ-Ela-Bhatt-October-2013.jpg Ela Bhatt
(1933–2022)
Flag of India.svg  India "for helping home-based producers to organise for their welfare and self-respect."
Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
Winefreda Geonzon
(1941–1990)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines "for giving assistance to prisoners and aiding their rehabilitation."
Free Legal Assistance Volunteers' Association (FREE LAVA)
Wangari Maathai in 2001.jpg Wangari Maathai
(1940–2011)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya "for converting the Kenyan ecological debate into mass action for reforestation."
Green Belt Movement (GBM)
1985
Theo van Boven (1983).jpg Theo van Boven
(b. 1934)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands "for speaking out on human rights abuse without fear or favour in the international community."
Cary Fowler - Pop!Tech 2007.jpg Cary Fowler
(b. 1949)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for working to save the world's genetic plant heritage."
Mooney2005.jpg Pat Mooney
(b. 1947)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Rural Advancement Fund International (RAFI)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rajni Kothari
(1928–2015)
Flag of India.svg  India "for linking and strengthening local groups working to protect civil liberties, women's rights and the environment."
Dialogue of the People [Lokayan]
János Vargha
(b. 1949)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary "for working under unusually difficult circumstances to preserve the river Danube, a vital part of Hungary's environment."
Danube Circle [Duna Kör]
1986
Robert Jungk
(1913–1994)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria "for struggling indefatigably on behalf of peace, sane alternatives for the future and ecological awareness."
Rosalie Bertell, S.G.M.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada "for raising public awareness about the destruction of the biosphere and human gene pool, especially by low-level radiation."
Dr Alice Stewart at Fifth IPPNW European Congress, Coventry Wellcome L0075316.jpg Alice Stewart
(1906–2002)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for bringing to light in the face of official opposition the real dangers of low-level radiation."
Helena Norberg-Hodge, 2015 (cropped).jpg Helena Norberg-Hodge
(b. 1946)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "for preserving the traditional culture and values of Ladakh against the onslaught of tourism and development."
Ladakh Ecological Development Group (LEDeG)Flag of India.svg  India
Evaristo Nugkuag, 2010 (cropped).jpg Evaristo Nugkuag Ikanan
(b. 1950)
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru "for organising to protect the rights of the Indians of the Amazon basin."
Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP)
1987
Johan Galtung, 2012 (cropped).JPG Johan Galtung
(1930–2024)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway "for his systematic and multidisciplinary study of the conditions which can lead to peace."
The Chipko Movement Flag of India.svg  India "for its dedication to the conservation, restoration and ecologically-sound use of India's natural resources."
Hans-Peter Durr, 2007 (cropped).jpg Hans-Peter Dürr
(1929–2014)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany "for his profound critique of the strategic defence initiative (SDI) and his work to convert high technology to peaceful uses."
Global Challenges Network
FrancesMooreLappe.JPG Frances Moore Lappé
(b. 1944)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for revealing the political and economic causes of world hunger and how citizens can help to remedy them."
Food First Logo.png Institute for Food and Development Policy
Mordechai Vanunu 2009.jpg Mordechai Vanunu
(b. 1952)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel "for his courage and self-sacrifice in revealing the extent of Israel's nuclear weapons programme."
1988
Inge Genefke
(b. 1938)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark "for helping those whose lives have been shattered by torture to regain their health and personality."
International Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (IRCT)
Lutzenberger na entrega do Premio Nobel Alternativo.jpg José Lutzenberger
(1926–2002)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil "for his contribution to protecting the natural environment in Brazil and worldwide."
John Charlewood Turner
(1927–2023)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for championing the rights of people to build, manage and sustain their own shelter and communities."
Mohammed Idris
(1926–2019)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia "for their exemplary struggle to save the tropical forests of Sarawak."
Harrison Ngau Laing
(b. 1959)
Friends of Nature Malaysia [Sahabat Alam Malaysia, SAM]
Borneo Penan Elders (6331744398).jpg the Penan people
1989
Seikatsu Club Consumers' Co-operative Union (SCCCU)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan "for creating the most successful, sustainable model of production and consumption in the industrialised world."
Melaku Worede
(1936–2023)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia "for preserving Ethiopia's genetic wealth by building one of the finest seed conservation centres in the world."
Portrait-aklilu-lemma-11.jpg Aklilu Lemma
(1934–1997)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia "for discovering and campaigning relentlessly for an affordable preventative against bilharzia."
Legesse Wolde-Yohannes
(b. 1936)
Survival International Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for working with tribal peoples to secure their rights, livelihood and self-determination."
1990
Alice Tepper Marlin
(b. 1944)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for showing the direction in which the Western economy must develop to promote the well-being of humanity."
Council on Economic Priorities (SA8000)
Bernard Lédéa Ouédraogo  [ fr ]
(1930–2017)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso "for strengthening peasant self-help movements all over West Africa."
Felicia Langer, 2008.JPG Felicia Langer
(1930–2018)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
"for the exemplary courage of her advocacy for the basic rights of the Palestinian people."
Association of Peasant Workers of the Carare (Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare, ATCC)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia "for its outstanding commitment to peace, family and community in the midst of the most senseless violence."
1991
Edward Goldsmith
(1928–2009)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for his uncompromising critique of industrialism and promotion of environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives to it."
Baba Amte 2014 stamp of India.jpg Baba Amte
(1914–2008)
Flag of India.svg  India "for their inspired opposition to the disastrous Narmada Valley dams project and their promotion of alternatives designed to benefit the poor and the environment."
Medha p.jpg Medha Patkar
(b. 1954)
Save the Narmada Movement [Narmada Bachao Andolan, NBA]
Bengt Danielsson SPA (cropped).jpg Bengt Danielsson
(1921–1997)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of France.svg  France
"for exposing the tragic results of, and advocating an end, to French nuclear colonialism."
Marie-Thérèse Sailley-Danielsson
(1923–2003)
Jeton Anjain
(1933–1993)
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands "for their steadfast struggle against United States nuclear policy in support of their right to live on an unpolluted Rongelap island."
The People of Rongelap
Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, 2007 (cropped).jpg Landless Workers' Movement [Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, MST]Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil "for winning land for landless families and helping them to farm it sustainably."
1992
Finnish Village Action Movement [Suomen Kylät, SK]Flag of Finland.svg  Finland "for showing a dynamic path to rural regeneration decentralisation and popular empowerment."
Dr. Zafrullah (cropped).jpg Zafrullah Chowdhury
(1941–2023)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh "for their outstanding record of promotion of health and human development."
People's Health Centre [Gonoshasthaya Kendra]
Hellen Mack (cropped).jpg Helen Mack Chang
(b. 1952)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala "for her personal courage and persistence in seeking justice and an end to the impunity of political murderers."
John Gofman.jpg John Gofman
(1918–2007)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for his pioneering work in exposing the health effects of low-level radiation."
Alla Yaroshinskaya
(b. 1953)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine "for revealing, against official opposition and persecution, the extent of the damaging effects of the Chernobyl disaster on local people."
1993
Arnh mr.jpg Arna Mer-Khamis
(1929–1995)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel "for passionate commitment to the defence and education of the children of Palestine."
Care and Learning
Sithembiso Nyoni
(b. 1949)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe "for building a remarkable grassroots movement and motivating its million members to follow their own path of human development."
Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP)
Dr. Vandana Shiva DS.jpg Vandana Shiva
(b. 1952)
Flag of India.svg  India "for placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse."
Blank.png Mary Dann (1923–2005)Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for exemplary courage and perseverance in asserting the rights of indigenous people to their land."
Carrie Dann (1932–2021)
1994
Astrid Lindgren (cropped).jpg Astrid Lindgren
(1907–2002)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "for her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and respect for their individuality."
Service Volunteered for All (SERVOL)Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago "for fostering spiritual values, cooperation and family responsibility in building society."
H Sudarshan.jpg Hanumappa Sudarshan
(b. 1950)
Flag of India.svg  India "for showing how tribal culture can contribute to a process that secures the basic rights and fundamental needs of indigenous people and conserves their environment."
Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK)
Ken Saro-Wiwa
(1941–1995)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria "for their exemplary courage in striving non-violently for the civil, economic and environmental rights of their people."
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)
1995
András Bíró
(b. 1925)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary "for their resolute defence of Hungary's Roma minority and effective efforts to aid their self-development."
Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance [Autonómia Alapítvány, HFSR]
Serb Civic Council [Srpsko Građansko Vijeće, SGV]Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina "for maintaining their support for a humane, multi-ethnic, democratic Bosnia-Herzegovina."
Carmel Budiardjo (1973).jpg Carmel Budiardjo
(1925–2021)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
"for holding the Indonesian government accountable for its actions and upholding the universality of fundamental human rights."
Political Prisoners [Tahanan Politik, TAPOL]
Sulak.Sivaraksa 3-small.jpg Sulak Sivaraksa
(b. 1933)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand "for his vision, activism and spiritual commitment in the quest for a development process that is rooted in democracy, justice and cultural integrity."
1996
Herman Daly
(1938–2022)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for defining a path of ecological economics that integrates the key elements of ethics, quality of life, environment and community."
Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia [Союз Комитетов Солдатских Матерей России, CKCMP]Flag of Russia.svg  Russia "for their courage in upholding the common humanity of Russians and Chechens and opposing the militarism and violence in Chechnya."
People's Science Movement of Kerala [Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, KSSP]Flag of India.svg  India "for its major contribution to a model of development rooted in social justice and popular participation."
George Vithoulkas
(b. 1932)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece "for his outstanding contribution to the revival of homeopathic knowledge and the training of homeopaths to the highest standards."
1997
JosephKizerbo.jpg Joseph Ki-Zerbo
(1922–2006)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso "for a lifetime of scholarship and activism that has identified the key principles and processes by which Africans can create a better future."
Jinzaburo Takagi
(1938–2000)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan "for serving to alert the world to the unparalleled dangers of plutonium to human life."
Mycle Schneider - Launch of the World Nuclear Waste Report (49085597037).jpg Mycle Schneider
(b. 1959)
Flag of France.svg  France
Michael Succow (crop).jpg Michael Succow
(b. 1941)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany "for his commitment to safeguard natural eco-systems and areas of outstanding natural value for future generations."
Cindy Duehring
(1962–1999)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for putting her personal tragedy at the service of humanity by helping others understand and combat the risks posed by toxic chemicals."
1998
International Baby Food Action Network "for its committed and affective campaigning in support of breastfeeding."
Samuel Epstein
(1926–2018)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for his exemplary life of scholarship wedded to activism on behalf of humanity."
Juan Pablo Orrego, 2010 (cropped).jpg Juan Pablo Orrego
(b. 1949)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile "for his personal courage, self-sacrifice and perseverance in working for sustainable development in Chile."
Biobío Action Group [Grupo de Acción por el Biobío, GABB]
Katarina Kruhonja
(b. 1949)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia "for their dedication to a long-term process of peace-building and reconciliation in the Balkans."
Vesna terselic on the roadmap for recom may 23 2018.jpg Vesna Terselic
(b. 1962)
1999
Hermann Scheer 02.jpg Hermann Scheer
(1944–2010)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany "for his indefatigable work for the promotion of solar energy worldwide."
Juan Garcés
(b. 1944)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain "for his long-standing efforts to end the impunity of dictators."
Consolidation of the Amazon Region (COAMA)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia "for showing how indigenous people can improve their livelihood, sustain their culture and conserve their rainforests."
Organic Agriculture Group [Grupo de Agricultura Orgánica, GAO]Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba "for showing that organic agriculture is a key to both environmental sustainability and food security."
2000
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
(b. 1940)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia "for his exemplary work to safeguard biodiversity and the traditional rights of farmers and communities to their genetic resources."
Munir Said Thalib
(1965–2004)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia "for his courage and dedication in fighting for human rights and civilian control of the military in Indonesia."
Birsel Lemke
(b. 1950)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey "for her long-standing struggle to protect her country from the devastation of cyanide-based gold mining."
Wes Jackson.jpg Wes Jackson
(b. 1936)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for his single-minded commitment to developing an agriculture that is both highly productive and truly ecologically sustainable."
2001
Antonio ABREU.jpg José Antonio Abreu
(1939–2018)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela "for achieving a unique cultural renaissance, bringing the joys of music to countless disadvantaged children and communities."
Uri Avneri 1965-11-01 (cropped).jpg Uri Avnery
(1923–2018)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel "for their unwavering conviction, in the midst of violence that peace can only be achieved through justice and reconciliation."
Rachel Greenboim-Avnery (1932–2011)
Gush Shalom Movement
Leonardo Boff, 2003 (cropped).jpeg Leonardo Boff
(b. 1938)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil "for his inspiring insights and practical work to help people realise the links between human spirituality, social justice and environmental stewardship."
Trident Ploughshares Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for providing a practical model of principled, transparent and non-violent direct action dedicated to ridding the world of nuclear weapons."
2002
Martin Green (cropped).jpg Martin Green
(b. 1948)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia "for his dedication and outstanding success in the harnessing of solar energy, the key technological challenge of our age."
Kamenge Youth Centre (Centre Jeunes Kamenge, CJK)Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi "for their exemplary courage and compassion in overcoming ethnic divisions during civil war so that young people can live and build a peaceful future together."
Woman To Woman Foundation [Kvinna Till Kvinna]Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "for its successes in addressing ethnic hatred by helping war-torn women to be the major agents of peace-building and reconciliation."
MartinAlmada-2008.jpg Martín Almada
(b. 1937)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay "for his outstanding courage in bringing torturers to justice, and promoting democracy, human rights and sustainable development."
2003
David Lange (cropped).jpg David Lange
(1942–2005)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand "for his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons."
Nicanor Perlas.jpg Nicanor Perlas
(b. 1950)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines "for his outstanding efforts in educating civil society about the effects of corporate globalisation, and how alternatives to it can be implemented."
Walden.jpg Walden Bello
(b. 1945)
Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea "for its rigorous wide-ranging reform programme, based on economic and social justice, accountability and reconciliation with North Korea."
Ibrahim Anouleish 20071120 1.jpg Ibrahim Abouleish
(1937–2017)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt "for a 21st century business model which combines commercial success with social and cultural development."
SEKEM-Logo.jpg SEKEM
2004
Swami Agnivesh (2019).jpg Swami Agnivesh
(1942–2005)
Flag of India.svg  India "for promoting over many years in South Asia the values of religious and communal co-existence, tolerance and mutual understanding."
Asghar Ali Engineer, 2010 (cropped).jpg Asghar Ali Engineer
(1939–2013)
Memorial Society Flag of Russia.svg  Russia "for showing, in traumatic times, the importance of understanding the historical roots of human rights abuse, to secure respect for them in the future."
Bianca Jagger 2014.jpg Bianca Jagger
(b. 1950)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua "for her dedicated commitment and campaigning for human rights, social justice and environmental protection."
Montegro raul.jpg Raúl Montenegro
(b. 1949)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina "for his outstanding work with local communities and indigenous people to protect the environment and natural resources."
2005
Maude Barlow.jpg Maude Barlow
(b. 1947)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada "for their exemplary and longstanding worldwide work for trade justice and the recognition of the fundamental human right to water."
Tony Clarke, activist (cropped).jpg Tony Clarke
(b. 1944)
Irene Fernandez 2008.jpg Irene Fernandez
(1946–2014)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia "for her outstanding and courageous work to stop violence against women and abuses of migrant and poor workers."
2005 - Roy Sesana Kalahari 1.jpg Roy Sesana
(b. c. 1950)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana "for his resolute resistance against eviction from their ancestral lands, and for upholding the right to their traditional way of life."
First People of the Kalahari (FPK)
Francisco Toledo, 2005 (cropped).jpg Francisco Toledo
(1940–2019)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico "for devoting himself and his art to the protection and enhancement of the heritage, environment and community life of his native Oaxaca."
2006
Daniel Ellsberg 2020 06.jpg Daniel Ellsberg
(1931–2023)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for putting peace and truth first, at considerable personal risk, and dedicating his life to inspiring others to follow his example."
Ruth Manorama
(b. 1952)
Flag of India.svg  India "for her commitment over decades to achieving equality for Dalit women, building effective and committed women's organisations and working for their rights at national and international levels."
Chico Whitaker portrait April 8, 2014.jpg Chico Whitaker
(b. 1931)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil "for a lifetime's dedicated work for social justice that has strengthened democracy in Brazil and helped give birth to the World Social Forum, showing that 'another world is possible'."
International Poetry Festival of Medellín [Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín]Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia "for showing how creativity, beauty, free expression and community can flourish amongst and overcome even deeply entrenched fear and violence."
2007
Weeramantry.jpg Christopher Weeramantry
(1926–2017)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka "for his lifetime of ground-breaking work to strengthen and expand the rule of international law."
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi
(1964–2011)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya "for showing in diverse ethnic and cultural situations how religious and other differences can be reconciled, even after violent conflict, and knitted together through a cooperative process that leads to peace and development."
PercySchmeiser2.jpg Percy Schmeiser
(1931–2020)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada "for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers' rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws."
Louise Walken-Schmeiser
(b. 1931)
Grameen Shakti (GS)Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh "for bringing sustainable light and power to thousands of Bangladeshi villages, promoting health, education, and productivity."
2008
Krishnammal and sankaralingam.jpg Krishnammal Jagannathan
(b. 1926)
Flag of India.svg  India "for two long lifetimes of work dedicated to realising in practice the Gandhian vision of social justice and sustainable human development, for which they have been referred to as 'India's soul'."
Sankaralingam Jagannathan
(1912–2013)
Land for Tillers' Freedom (LAFTI)
Amygoodmanphoto.tif Amy Goodman
(b. 1957)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for developing an innovative model of truly independent political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by mainstream media."
Asha Haji Elmi DFID 2013 crop.jpg Asha Haji Elmi
(b. 1962)
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia "for continuing to lead at great personal risk the female participation in the peace and reconciliation process in her war-ravaged country."
Monika Hauser, 2004 (cropped).jpg Monika Hauser
(b. 1959)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
"for her tireless commitment to working with women who have experienced the most horrific sexual violence in some of the most dangerous countries in the world, and campaigning for them to receive social recognition and compensation."
2009
Dr Catherine Hamlin (cropped).jpg Catherine Hamlin
(1924–2020)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
"for her fifty years dedicated to treating obstetric fistula patients, thereby restoring the health, hope and dignity of thousands of Africa's poorest women."
Right Livelihood Award 2009-press conference-13.jpg René Ngongo
(b. 1961)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo "for his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying the Congo's rainforests and building political support for their conservation and sustainable use."
Right Livelihood Award 2009-press conference-6.jpg David Suzuki
(b. 1936)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada "for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his massive contribution to raising awareness about the perils of climate change and building public support for policies to address it."
Right Livelihood Award 2009-press conference-26.jpg Alyn Ware
(b. 1962)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand "for his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclear weapons."
2010
Right Livelihood Award 2010-award ceremony-DSC 7916.jpg Nnimmo Bassey
(b. 1958)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria "for revealing the full ecological and human horrors of oil production and for his inspired work to strengthen the environmental movement in Nigeria and globally."
Erwin Krautler, 2010 (cropped).jpg Erwin Kräutler, C.Pp.S.
(b. 1939)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
"for a lifetime of work for the human and environmental rights of indigenous peoples and for his tireless efforts to save the Amazon forest from destruction."
Shrikrishna Upadhyay
(b. 1945)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal "for demonstrating over many years the power of community mobilisation to address the multiple causes of poverty even when threatened by political violence and instability."
Support Activities for Poor Producers of Nepal (SAPPROS)
Demo A-Ram-Kalandia14.3.02.10.jpg Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR–I)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel "for their indomitable spirit in working for the right to health for all people in Israel and Palestine."
2011
Huang Ming
(b. 1958)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China "for his outstanding success in the development and mass-deployment of cutting-edge technologies for harnessing solar energy, thereby showing how dynamic emerging economies can contribute to resolving the global crisis of anthropogenic climate change."
Jacqueline Moudeina
(b. 1957)
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad "for her tireless efforts at great personal risk to win justice for the victims of the former dictatorship in Chad and to increase awareness and observance of human rights in Africa."
GRAIN Flag of Spain.svg  Spain "for their worldwide work to protect the livelihoods and rights of farming communities and to expose the massive purchases of farmland in developing countries by foreign financial interests."
Ina May Gaskin lecture at the Nambassa 3 day Music & Alternatives festival, New Zealand 1981. Photographer Michael Bennetts.jpg Ina May Gaskin
(b. 1940)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for her whole-life's work teaching and advocating safe, woman-centred childbirth methods that best promote the physical and mental health of mother and child."
2012
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for their innovative and effective campaigning against the global trade in arms."
Gene Sharp
(1928–2018)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for developing and articulating the core principles and strategies of nonviolent resistance and supporting their practical implementation in conflict areas around the world."
Hayrettin Karaca
(1922–2020)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey "for a lifetime and tireless advocacy and support for the protection and stewardship of our natural world, combining successful entrepreneurship with effective environmental activism."
Sima Samar of Afghanistan in 2011.jpg Sima Samar
(b. 1957)
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan "for her longstanding and courageous dedication to human rights, especially the rights of women, in one of the most complex and dangerous regions in the world."
2013
Paul Walker
(b. 1946)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for working tirelessly to rid the world of chemical weapons."
Hans Herren, 2009 (cropped).jpg Hans Rudolf Herren
(b. 1947)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland "for his expertise and pioneering work in promoting a safe, secure and sustainable global food supply."
Biovision Foundation
Raji Sourani
(b. 1953)
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine "for his unwavering dedication to the rule of law and human rights under exceptionally difficult circumstances."
Docteur Denis Mukwege.jpg Denis Mukwege
(b. 1955)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo "for his courageous work healing women survivors of war-time sexual violence and speaking up about its root causes.
2014
Bill McKibben, 2016 (cropped).jpg Bill McKibben
(b. 1960)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for mobilising growing popular support in the USA and around the world for strong action to counter the threat of global climate change."
350 organisation logo.svg 350.org
Basilfernando.jpg Basil Fernando
(b. 1944)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka "for his tireless and outstanding work to support and document the implementation of human rights in Asia."
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong SAR, China
Asma Jahangir (33308430296).jpg Asma Jahangir
(1952–2018)
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan "for defending, protecting and promoting human rights in Pakistan and more widely, often in very difficult and complex situations and at great personal risk."
Alan Rusbridger 01.jpg Alan Rusbridger
(b. 1953)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom "for building a global media organisation dedicated to responsible journalism in the public interest, undaunted by the challenges of exposing corporate and government malpractices."
Edward-Snowden-FOPF-2014.jpg Edward Snowden
(b. 1983)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for his courage and skill in revealing the unprecedented extent of state surveillance violating basic democratic processes and constitutional rights."
2015
Sheilawatt (cropped).jpg Sheila Watt-Cloutier
(b. 1953)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada "for her lifelong work to protect the Inuit of the Arctic and defend their right to maintain their livelihoods and culture, which are acutely threatened by climate change."
Tony deBrum.jpg Tony deBrum
(1945–2017)
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands "in recognition of their vision and courage to take legal action against the nuclear powers for failing to honour their disarmament obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and customary international law."
Marshallese people in 1915.jpg The People of the Marshall Islands
Kasha Nabagesera (cropped).jpg Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera
(b. 1980)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda "for her courage and persistence, despite violence and intimidation, in working for the right of LGBTI people to a life free from prejudice and persecution."
Gino Strada 2010 (cropped).jpg Gino Strada
(1948–2021)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy "for his great humanity and skill in providing outstanding medical and surgical services to the victims of conflict and injustice, while fearlessly addressing the causes of war."
Emergency (NGO) logo.svg EMERGENCY
2016
Cumhuriyet logo.svg Cumhuriyet Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey "for their fearless investigate journalism and commitment to freedom of expression in the face of oppression, censorship, imprisonment and death threats."
Syrian Civil Defense (SCD)Flag of Syria.svg  Syria "for their outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians from the destruction of the Syrian civil war."
Mozn Hassan
(b. 1979)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt "for asserting the equality and rights of women in circumstances where they are subject to ongoing violence, abuse and discrimination."
Nazra for Feminist Studies
Reunion con Svetlana Gannushkina.jpg Svetlana Gannushkina
(b. 1942)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia "for her decades-long commitment to promoting human rights and justice for refugees and forced migrants, and tolerance among different ethnic groups."
2017
Robert Bilott.jpg Robert Bilott
(b. 1965)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for exposing a decades-long history of chemical pollution, winning long-sought justice for the victims, and setting a precedent for effective regulation of hazardous substances."
Colin-gonsalves.jpg Colin Gonsalves
(b. 1952)
Flag of India.svg  India "for his tireless and innovative use of public interest litigation over three decades to secure fundamental human rights for India's most marginalised and vulnerable citizens."
Khadija Ismayilova (cropped).jpg Khadija Ismayilova
(b. 1976)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan "for her courage and tenacity in exposing corruption at the highest levels of government through outstanding investigative journalism in the name of transparency and accountability."
Yetnebersh Nigussie at Vienna, Austria, 2011.jpg Yetnebersh Nigussie
(b. 1982)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia "for her inspiring work promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities, allowing them to realise their full potential and changing mind-sets in our societies."
2018
Reunion Subsecreatrio Adjunto Creamer con Fiscal General (cropped) (cropped).jpg Thelma Aldana Hernández
(b. 1955)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala "for their innovative work in exposing abuse of power and prosecuting corruption, thus rebuilding people's trust in public institutions."
Ivan Velasquez Gomez Portrait.jpg Iván Velásquez Gómez
(b. 1955)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Yacouba Sawadogo
(b. c. 1946)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso "for turning barren land into forest and demonstrating how farmers can regenerate their soil with innovative use of indigenous and local knowledge."
ACPRA 5th Trial Session 2.JPG Abdullah al-Hamid
(1950–2020)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia "for their visionary and courageous efforts, guided by universal human rights principles, to reform the totalitarian political system in Saudi Arabia."
ACPRA 7th Trial Session 7 (cropped).JPG Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani
(b. 1965)
Waleed Abu Alkhair.jpg Waleed Sami Abulkhair
(b. 1979)
Tony Rinaudo.jpg Tony Rinaudo
(b. 1957)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia "for demonstrating on a large scale how drylands can be greened at minimal cost, improving the livelihoods of millions of people."
2019
Greta Thunberg urges MEPs to show climate leadership (49618310531) (cropped).jpg Greta Thunberg
(b. 2003)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts."
Aminatou Haidar meeting an old friend on her departure from prison (2006)..jpg Aminatou Haidar
(b. 1957)
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Western Sahara "for her steadfast nonviolent action, despite imprisonment and torture, in pursuit of justice and self-determination for the people of Western Sahara."
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami.jpg Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
(b. c. 1956)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil "for their courageous determination to protect the forests and biodiversity of the Amazon, and the lands and culture of its indigenous peoples."
Hutukara Yanomami Association
Jianmei Guo.jpg Guo Jianmei
(b. 1961)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China "for her pioneering and persistent work in securing women's rights in China."
2020
Nasrin Sotoudeh.jpg Nasrin Sotoudeh
(b. 1963)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran "for her fearless activism, at great personal risk, to promote political freedoms and human rights in Iran."
Bryan Stevenson in 2012 (cropped).jpg Bryan Stevenson
(b. 1959)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States "for his inspiring endeavour to reform the US criminal justice system and advance racial reconciliation in the face of historic trauma."
Lottie Cunningham (51128553065) (cropped).jpg Lottie Cunningham Wren
(b. 1959)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua "for her ceaseless dedication to the protection of indigenous lands and communities from exploitation and plunder."
Alaksandr Bialacki.jpg Ales Bialiatski
(b. 1962)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus "for their resolute struggle for the realisation of democracy and human rights in Belarus."
Pravaabaronchy tsentr <<Viasna>>.png Viasna Human Rights Centre
2021
Marthe Wandou
(b. 1963)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon "for building a model of community-based child protection in the face of terrorist insurgency and gender-based violence in the Lake Chad region of Cameroon."
Vladimir Slyviak Hochformat.jpg Vladimir Slivyak
(b. 1973)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia "for his defence of the environment and for helping to ignite grassroots opposition to the coal and nuclear industries in Russia."
Freda Huson
(b. 1964)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada "for her fearless dedication to reclaiming her people's culture and defending their land against disastrous pipeline projects."
Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)Flag of India.svg  India "for their innovative legal work empowering communities to protect their resources in the pursuit of environmental democracy in India."
2022
Oleksandra Matviychuk on United States Institute of Peace.jpg Oleksandra Matwijtschuk
(b. 1983)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine "for building sustainable democratic institutions in Ukraine and modelling a path to international accountability for war crimes."
The Center for Civil Liberties logo.svg Centre for Civil Liberties (CCL)
Fartuun Adan - Somalia - International Women of Courage Award 2013.jpg Fartuun Adan
(b. 1969) (mother)
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia "for promoting peace, demilitarisation and human rights in Somalia in the face of terrorism and gender-based violence."
Ilwad Elman 2012 pic by Eunice Lau in her fim Through the Fire.png Ilwad Elman
(b. 1989) (daughter)
Africa Institute for Energy Governance  [ de ] (AFIEGO)Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda "for their courageous work for climate justice and community rights violated by extractivist energy projects in Uganda."
Cecosesola (Central Coperativa de Servicios Sociales del Estado Lara)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela "for establishing an equitable and cooperative economic model as a robust alternative to profit-driven economies."
2023 Eunice Brookman-Amissah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana "for pioneering discussions on women's reproductive rights in Africa, paving the way for liberalised abortion laws and improved safe abortion access."
Mother Nature Cambodia Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia "for their fearless and engaging activism to preserve Cambodia's natural environment in the context of a highly restricted democratic space."
SOS Méditerranée Flag of Europe.svg  Europe "for its life-saving humanitarian search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea."
Phyllis Omido, 2014 (cropped).JPG Phyllis Omido Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya "for her groundbreaking struggle to secure land and environmental rights for local communities while advancing the field of environmental law."

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