Prize Winners
- 1998 – Professor Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank for the poor
- 1999 – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- 2000 – Xanana Gusmão, the poet-artist and president of East Timor
- 2001 – Sir William Deane, the former Governor-General of Australia
- 2002 – Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- 2003 – Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian academic and human rights campaigner
- 2004 – Arundhati Roy, Indian novelist and peace activist
- 2005 – Olara Otunnu, United Nations Under Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict from Uganda
- 2006 – Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International
- 2007 – Hans Blix, chairman of the UN Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
- 2008 – Patrick Dodson, chairman of the Lingiari Foundation
- 2009 – John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker
- 2010 – Vandana Shiva, Indian social justice and environmental activist, eco-feminist and author
- 2011 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and activist
- 2012 – Sekai Holland, Zimbabwean Senator
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