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Nihon Hidankyo

Japan

for its long-standing efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through survivor testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again, as well as for its extraordinary contribution to establishing the nuclear taboo

Narges Mohammadi

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all

Ales Bialiatski

Belarus

for representing civil society in their home countries, for many years promoting the right to criticise those in power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens, and for their outstanding efforts to document war crimes, human-rights abuses and abuses of power, thereby demonstrating the importance of civil society for peace and democracy

Center for Civil Liberties

Ukraine

for representing civil society in their home countries, for many years promoting the right to criticise those in power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens, and for their outstanding efforts to document war crimes, human-rights abuses and abuses of power, thereby demonstrating the importance of civil society for peace and democracy

Memorial

Russian Federation

for representing civil society in their home countries, for many years promoting the right to criticise those in power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens, and for their outstanding efforts to document war crimes, human-rights abuses and abuses of power, thereby demonstrating the importance of civil society for peace and democracy

Dmitry Muratov

Russian Federation

for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace

Maria Ressa

Philippines

for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace

World Food Programme

World

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

Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopia

for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea

Denis Mukwege

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict

Nadia Murad

Iraq

for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Switzerland

for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons

Juan Manuel Santos

Colombia

for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet

Tunisia

for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the 2011 Jasmine Revolution

Kailash Satyarthi

India

for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistan

for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

World

for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons

European Union

European Union

for over six decades of contributions to peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Liberia

for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work

Leymah Gbowee

Liberia

for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work

Tawakkol Karman

Yemen

for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work

Liu Xiaobo

China

for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China

Barack Obama

United States of America

for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples, and for giving people around the world hope for a better future

Martti Ahtisaari

Finland

for his efforts to resolve the armed conflict in Aceh, Indonesia

Al Gore

United States of America

for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

World

for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change

Grameen Bank

Bangladesh

for their contribution to building the economic and social foundations of the poor through bottom-up development initiatives

Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh

for their contribution to building the economic and social foundations of the poor through bottom-up development initiatives

International Atomic Energy Agency

World

for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way

Mohamed ElBaradei

Egypt

for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way