The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons. © ICAN Full name: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)Native name:…

Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his resolute efforts to bring Colombia’s 50-year-long civil war to an end. Juan Manuel Santos Full name: Juan Manuel SantosBorn: 10 August 1951, Bogotá, ColombiaDate awarded: 7 October 2016 A tribute to the Colombian people President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize…

The National Dialogue Quartet was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. Full name: National Dialogue QuartetNative name: National Dialogue QuartetDate awarded: 9 October 2015 From revolution to democracy After the Jasmine Revolution of January 2011,…

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. Full name: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Native name: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)Founded: 1997Date awarded: 11 October 2013 A world without chemical weapons The OPCW was awarded…

Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. Tawakkol Karman Full name: Tawakkol KarmanBorn: 7 February 1979, Ta’izz, YemenDate awarded: 7 October 2011 Regime critic and champion of democracy…

Leymah Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkol Karman, for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. Leymah Gbowee Full name: Leymah GboweeBorn: 1 February 1972, Monrovia, LiberiaDate awarded: 7 October 2011 Unified Christians and Muslims against the…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Full name: Ellen Johnson SirleafBorn: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, LiberiaDate awarded: 7 October 2011 Pioneering president Ellen Johnson…

Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. Liu Xiaobo Full name: Liu XiaoboBorn: 28 December 1955, Changchun, ChinaDied: 13 July 2017, Shenyang, ChinaDate awarded: 8 October 2010 For people’s rights Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literature critic, author, university lecturer and human rights…

Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. Barack H. Obama. Full name: Barack Hussein ObamaBorn: 4 August 1961, Honolulu, HI, USADate awarded: 9 October 2009 Trust in change Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii, on 4 August, 1961. His mother was from…

The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Al Gore, for their efforts to disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. Full name: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)Native name: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…