The Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. Full name: Nihon HidankyoNative name: Nihon HidankyoFounded: 10 August 1956Date awarded: 11 October 2024 Important memory work Since its…

Center for Civil Liberties was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its fight for human rights, democracy, and peaceful co-existence. The center shares the prize with Ales Bialiatski and Memorial. Full name: Center for Civil LibertiesNative name: Center for Civil LibertiesFounded: 2007, Kyiv, UkraineDate awarded: 7 October 2022 The struggle for democracy and human rights…

Memorial was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its fight for human rights, democracy, and peaceful co-existence. The organisation shares the prize with Ales Bialiatski and the Center for Civil Liberties. Full name: MemorialNative name: MemorialFounded: 1987, Moscow, RussiaDate awarded: 7 October 2022 The documentation of human rights violations Memorial is one of Russia’s oldest…

Ales Bialiatski was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his fight for human rights, democracy, and peaceful co-existence. He shares the prize with Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties. Ales Bialiatski. Full name: Ales BialiatskiBorn: 25 September 1962, Vyartsilya, Karelia, RussiaDate awarded: 7 October 2022 A fearless activist Ales Bialiatski is a human rights…

Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his courageous fight for freedom of expression in Russia. Dmitry Muratov. Full name: Dmitry Andreyevich MuratovBorn: 29 October 1961, Kubyshev, USSR (now Samara, Russia)Date awarded: 8 October 2021 A fearless defender of freedom of speech Dmitry Muratov is a Russian journalist and editor-in-chief. He is one…

Maria Ressa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines. Maria Ressa. Full name: Maria RessaBorn: 2 October 1963, Manila, PhilippinesDate awarded: 8 October 2021 A leader in the struggle for a free press Maria Ressa is a journalist from the Philippines. She has been a…

The World Food Programme was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. Full name: World Food Programme (WFP)Native name:…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea. Abiy Ahmed Ali. Full name: Abiy Ahmed AliBorn: 15 August 1976, Beshasha, EthiopiaRole: Prime Minister of EthiopiaDate awarded: 11 October 2019…

The European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012. The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. Full name: European Union (EU)Native name: European Union (EU)Founded: 1952Date awarded: 12 October 2012 From a continent of war to a…

Nadia Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Denis Mukwege, for her efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. Nadia Murad. Full name: Nadia Murad Basee TahaBorn: 10 March 1993, Kojo, IraqDate awarded: 5 October 2018 The witness Nadia Murad was born and raised…