Shirin Ebadi - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

• Awarded plate by Human Rights Watch, 1996
• Official spectator of Human Rights Watch, 1996
• Awarded Rafto Prize, Human Rights Prize in Norway, 2001
• Nobel Peace Prize in October, 2003
• Women's eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Award, 2004
• International Democracy Award, 2004
• James Parks Morton Interfaith Award from the Interfaith Center of New York, 2004
• ‘Lawyer of the Year’ award, 2004
• Doctor of Laws, Williams College, 2004
• Doctor of Laws, Brown University, 2004
• Doctor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, University of Toronto, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, Simon Fraser University, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, University of Akureyri, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, Australian Catholic University, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, University of San Francisco, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, Concordia University, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, The University of York, The University of Canada, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, Université Jean Moulin in Lyon, 2005
• UCI Citizen Peacebuilding Award, 2005
• The Golden Plate Award by the Academy of Achievement, 2005
• Legion of Honor award, 2006
• Honorary doctorate, Loyola University Chicago, 2007
• Honorary Doctorate The New School University, 2007
• One of A Different View's 15 Champions of World Democracy, 2008
• Award for the Global Defence of Human Rights, International Service Human Rights Award, 2009
• Honorary Doctor of Laws, Marquette University, 2009
• Honorary Doctor of Law, University of Cambridge, 2011
• Honorary Doctorate, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, 2012