2026 Laureates

Zwart beeld Laureaat van Vrijheid van Godsdienst
2026

Laureate of Freedom of Worship

Freedom of Worship Award
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Gisele Pelicot
2026

Gisèle Pelicot

Freedom from Fear Award
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Isidora Uribe Silva
2026

Isidora Uribe Silva

Freedom from Want Award
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Committee to Protect Journalists
2026

Committee to Protect Journalists

Freedom of Speech Award
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
2026

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people

International Four Freedoms Award
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2024 Laureates

Grace Forrest
2024

Grace Forrest

Freedom from Fear Award
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Sônia Guajajara
2024

Sônia Guajajara

Freedom from Want Award
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Zumretay Arkin
2024

Zumretay Arkin

Freedom of Worship Award
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Bellingcat - Eliot Higgins
2024

Bellingcat

Freedom of Speech Award
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Mykola Kuleba
2024

Save Ukraine

International Four Freedoms Award
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2022 Laureates

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
2022

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

International Four Freedoms Award
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Mai Khoi Do Nguyen
2022

Mai Khoi Do Nguyen

Freedom of Speech Award
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Lian Gogali
2022

Lian Gogali

Freedom of Worship Award
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Nice Nailantei Leng’ete
2022

Nice Nailantei Leng’ete

Freedom from Want Award
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Unikuir
2022

ÜniKuir

Freedom from Fear Award
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2020 Laureates

Logo United Nations
2020

United Nations

International Four Freedoms Award
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Profielfoto Maria Ressa
2020

Maria Ressa

Freedom of Speech Award
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Logo Religions for Peace International
2020

Religions for Peace International

Freedom of Worship Award
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Profielfoto Sander de Kramer
2020

Sander de Kramer

Freedom from Want Award
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Profielfoto Leoluca Orlando
2020

Leoluca Orlando

Freedom from Fear Award
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2018 Laureates

Paris Climate Agreement – Christiana Figueres
2018

Paris Climate Agreement – Christiana Figueres

International Four Freedoms Award
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Erol Önderoğlu
2018

Erol Önderoğlu

Freedom of Speech Award
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Paride Taban
2018

Paride Taban

Freedom of Worship Award
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Virunga Alliance - Emmanuel de Merode
2018

Virunga Alliance - Emmanuel de Merode

Freedom from Want Award
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Urmila Chaudhary en Herman van Veen
2018

Urmila Chaudhary

Freedom from Fear Award
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2016 Laureates

Angela Merkel
2016

Angela Merkel

International Four Freedoms Award
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Mazen Darwish
2016

Mazen Darwish

Freedom of Speech Award
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Drie geestelijken
2016

Three clerics of the Central African Republic

Freedom of Worship Award
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Dr. Denis Mukwege
2016

Dr. Denis Mukwege

Freedom from Want Award
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HRW Logo
2016

Human Rights Watch

Freedom from Fear Award
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2014 Laureates

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2014

Red Cross

International Four Freedoms Award
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Maryam Durani
2014

Maryam Durrani

Freedom of Speech Award
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Prins El Hassan bin Talal
2014

HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan

Freedom of Worship Award
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Dr. Hawa Abdi Diblaawe
2014

Dr. Hawa Abdi Diblaawe

Freedom from Want Award
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Malala Yousafzai
2014

Malala Yousafzai

Freedom from Fear Award
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2012 Laureates

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
2012

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

International Four Freedoms Award
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Al Jazeera
2012

Al Jazeera

Freedom of Speech Award
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His All Holiness Archbishop Bartholomew I
2012

His All Holiness Archbishop Bartholomew I

Freedom of Worship Award
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Hussain al-shahristani
2012

Hussain al-Shahristani

Freedom from Fear Award
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ela ramesh bhatt
2012

Ela Ramesh Bhatt

Freedom from Want Award
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2010 Laureates

European court of human rights
2010

European court of human rights

International Four Freedoms Award
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Novaya Gazeta
2010

Novaya Gazeta

Freedom of Speech Award
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Asma Jahangir
2010

Asma Jahangir

Freedom of Worship Award
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2010

Maurice Strong

Freedom from Want Award
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Gareth Evans
2010

Gareth Evans

Freedom from Fear Award
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2008 Laureates

Richard von Weisacker
2008

Richard von Weizsäcker

International Four Freedoms Award
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Lakhdar Brahimi
2008

Lakhdar Brahimi

Freedom of Speech Award
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Karen Armstrong
2008

Karen Armstrong

Freedom of Worship Award
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Jan Egeland
2008

Jan Egeland

Freedom from Want Award
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War Child
2008

War Child Netherlands

Freedom from Fear Award
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2006 Laureates

Mohamed Elbaradei
2006

Mohamed Elbaradei

International Four Freedoms Award
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Carlos Fuentes
2006

Carlos Fuentes

Freedom of Speech Award
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Taizé Community
2006

Taizé Community

Freedom of Worship Award
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Muhammad Yunus en Prinses Maxima
2006

Muhammad Yunus

Freedom from Want Award
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
2006

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Freedom from Fear Award
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2004 Laureates

Kofi Annan
2004

Kofi Annan

International Four Freedoms Award
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Lennart Meri
2004

Lennart Meri

Freedom of Speech Award
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Sari Nusseibeh
2004

Sari Nusseibeh

Freedom of Worship Award
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Magguie Barankitse
2004

Magguie Barankitse

Freedom from Want Award
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Max Kohnstamm
2004

Max Kohnstamm

Freedom from Fear Award
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Uitreiking aan Anton Rupert
2004

Anton E. Rupert

Freedom from Fear Award
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2002 Laureates

Nelson Mandela
2002

Nelson Mandela

International Four Freedoms Award
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
2002

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Freedom of Speech Award
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Nasr h. Abu Zayd
2002

Nasr h. Abu Zayd

Freedom of Worship Award
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
2002

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Freedom from Want Award
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Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
2002

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León

Freedom from Fear Award
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2000 Laureates

Martti Ahtisaari
2000

Martti Ahtisaari

International Four Freedoms Award
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Bronislaw Geremek
2000

Bronislaw Geremek

Freedom of Speech Award
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Dame Cicely Saunders
2000

Dame Cicely Saunders

Freedom of Worship Award
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Monkombu S. Swaminathan
2000

Monkombu S. Swaminathan

Freedom from Want Award
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Louise Arbour
2000

Louise Arbour

Freedom from Fear Award
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1998 Laureates

Free the children
1998

Free the children

Freedom from Fear Award
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Mary Robinson
1998

Mary Robinson

International Four Freedoms Award
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CNN logo
1998

CNN

Freedom of Speech Award
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The most rev’d Desmond Tutu
1998

The Most Rev Demond Tutu

Freedom of Worship Award
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Stéphane Hessel
1998

Stéphane Hessel

Freedom from Want Award
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1996 Laureates

The rt. rev. Lord Runcie
1996

The rt. rev. Lord Runcie

Freedom of Worship Award
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Artsen zonder grenzen
1996

Doctors without Borders

Freedom from Want Award
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Shimon Peres
1996

Shimon Peres

Freedom from Fear Award
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John Hume
1996

John Hume

Freedom of Speech Award
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H.m. The King of Spain
1996

H.M. The King of Spain Juan Carlos

International Four Freedoms Award
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1995 Laureates

Ruud Lubbers
1995

Ruud Lubbers

International Four Freedoms Award
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1994 Laureates

His Holiness the Dalai Lama
1994

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

International Four Freedoms Award
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Marion Gräfin Dönhoff
1994

Marion Gräfin Dönhoff

Freedom of Speech Award
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Gerhart M. Riegner
1994

Gerhart M. Riegner

Freedom of Worship Award
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Sadako Ogata
1994

Sadako Ogata

Freedom from Want Award
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Zdravko Grebo
1994

Zdravko Grebo

Freedom from Fear Award
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1992 Laureates

Mstislav Rostropovich
1992

Mstislav Rostropovich

Freedom of Speech Award
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Terry Waite
1992

Terry Waite

Freedom of Worship Award
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Jan Tinbergen
1992

Jan Tinbergen

Freedom from Want Award
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Lord Carrington
1992

Lord Carrington

Freedom from Fear Award
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
1992

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

International Four Freedoms Award
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1990 Laureates

Jacques Delors
1990

Vaclav Havel & Jacques Delors

International Four Freedoms Award
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Those whose voices helped destroy the Iron curtain
1990

Those whose voices helped destroy the Iron curtain

Freedom of Speech Award
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Laszlo Tokes
1990

Laszlo Tokes

Freedom of Worship Award
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Jonkheer Emile van Lennep
1990

Jonkheer Emile van Lennep

Freedom from Want Award
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Simon Wiesenthal
1990

Simon Wiesenthal

Freedom from Fear Award
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1988 Laureates

Helmut Schmidt
1988

Helmut Schmidt

International Four Freedoms Award
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
1988

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Freedom of Speech Award
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Teddy Kollek
1988

Teddy Kollek

Freedom of Worship Award
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Halfdan T. Mahler
1988

Halfdan T. Mahler

Freedom from Want Award
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Armand Hammer
1988

Armand Hammer

Freedom from Fear Award
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1986 Laureates

El Pais
1986

El Pais

Freedom of Speech Award
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Olof Palme
1986

Olof Palme

Freedom from Fear Award
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Bradford Morse
1986

Bradford Morse

Freedom from Want Award
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Bernardus Alfrink
1986

Bernardus Alfrink

Freedom of Worship Award
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Alessandro Pertini
1986

Alessandro Pertini

International Four Freedoms Award
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1984 Laureates

Brian Urquhart
1984

Brian Urquhart

Freedom from Fear Award
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Liv Ullmann
1984

Liv Ullmann

Freedom from Want Award
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F. Beyers Naudé
1984

Werner Leich & Christiann F. Beyers Naudé

Freedom of Worship Award
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Harold Macmillan
1984

Harold Macmillan

International Four Freedoms Award
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Amnesty International
1984

Amnesty International

Freedom of Speech Award
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1982 Laureates

Willem A. Visser 't Hooft
1982

Willem A. Visser 't Hooft

Freedom of Worship Award
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H. Johannes Witteveen
1982

H. Johannes Witteveen

Freedom from Want Award
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J. Herman van Roijen
1982

J. Herman van Roijen

Freedom from Fear Award
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Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
1982

Juliana Princess of the Netherlands

International Four Freedoms Award
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Max van der Stoel
1982

Max van der Stoel

Freedom of Speech Award
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