Past winners of the Human Rights Awards
2007
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Women
Najia Haneefi, Afghanistan
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Children
Operation Sirigu, Ghana
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of
People Living with HIV/AIDS
ADAC, Mali
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights
of Disabled People
Rosangela Berman-Bieler, Brazil 2006
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Women Dominga Vásquez & Helen Woodcook, Guatemala and UK
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Children Phomolong Support Group, Lesotho
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of
People Living with HIV/AIDS Nomakuze Solwande & the Masonwabisane Women’s Support Centre, South Africa
Award for the Defence of the Human Rights
of Disabled People AKASA, Sri Lanka
2005
Award for the Global Defence of Human Rights Benjamin Zephaniah, UK
Award for Partner Organisation Achievement REN-LAC, Burkina Faso
International Volunteer Human Rights Defender Award Ross Georgeson, Scotland
Grassroots Human Rights Campaigner Award Prof. Dora Akunyili, Nigeria
2004
Award for the Global Defence of Human Rights Mark Thomas, UK
Award for the Global Defence of Human Rights Dr. Sigrid Rausing, UK
Award for Partner Organisation Achievement Action on Disability and Development, Mali
Grassroots Human Rights Campaigner Award Audrey Bomse, USA
Grassroots Human Rights Campaigner Award Esther Chávez, Mexico
2003
International Award Bianca Jagger, Nicaragua/UK
National Award Raji Sourani, Palestine
Regional Award Modibo Sangho, Mali
Regional Award Andrea Flores, Bolivia