Laureates
- 2012: Rosalina Tuyuc, Guatemala
- 2011: Sulak Sivaraksa
- 2010: Ela Bhatt, India
- 2009: Reverend Canon Gideon Byamugisha, Uganda
- 2008: Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Jordan
- 2007: Master Cheng Yen, founder of Tzu-Chi, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation, Taiwan
- 2006: Rabbis for Human Rights, Israël
- 2005: Dr. Hans Küng, Germany
- 2004: Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI), Uganda
- 2003: Dr. Scilla Elworthy
- 2002: Samuel Ruiz García, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
- 2001: Elias Chacour, bishop of the Melkite-Catholic Church in Israel
- 2000: Dr. Kang Won Yong, Korea
- 1999: Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy
- 1998: Maha Ghosananda, Cambodia
- 1997: Corrymeela Community, Northern Ireland
- 1996: Marii Hasegawa, USA
- 1995: M. Aram, India
- 1994: Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- 1993: Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, Israel
- 1992: A. T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lanka
- 1991: Dr. Hildegard Goss-Mayr, Austria
- 1990: Norman Cousins, USA
- 1989: Etai Yamada, Japan
- 1988: not awarded
- 1987: World Muslim Congress, Pakistan
- 1986: Philip A. Potter, Dominica
- 1985: Zhao Puchu, China
- 1984: Homer A. Jack, USA
- 1983: Dom Hélder Câmara, Brazil
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