Outstanding Peace Activist
Outstanding Peace Activist
The Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Peace Activist seeks to recognize an individual or organization with a proven track record of promoting peace and leaving a lasting legacy, either by fostering the absence of war or by cultivating a culture of peace.
- Male/female, alive, with a track record, someone who will leave a legacy of peace or someone who has the potential for impact
- > 18 years, however more likely in second half of life
- Can be individual or the founder/representative of an organisation
- Activities create peace defined as either creating an absence of war, or as creating a culture of peace
- Global coverage over the years
Federico Mayor Zaragoza
2024 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Ali Abu Awwad
2023 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Gershon Baskin
2023 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Mariia Levchenko
2023 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Aminatou Haidar
2022 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Professor Kevin Clements
2022 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Dr. William Vendley
2020/2021 Outstanding Peace Activist
Is the Secretary General Emeritus of Religions for Peace International, the world’s largest and most representative multi-religious….
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Dr. Scilla Elworthy
2020/2021 Outstanding Peace Activist
Turns vision into action:
Today her full attention is on developing Business Plan for Peace….
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Masami Saionji
2019 Outstanding Peace Activist
Masami Saionji succeeds the work of her adoptive father, Masahisa Goi, who initiated a movement for world peace through the universal prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth.
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Hiroo Saionji
2019 Outstanding Peace Activist
Hiroo Saionji was responsible for establishing the Goi Peace Foundation and May Peace Prevail On Earth International and oversees their direction and international activities.
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Jack Sim
2018 Outstanding Peace Activist
Jack Sim is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore, the World Toilet Organization, the World Toilet Day Initiative and Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Hub.
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Ervin Laszlo
2017 Outstanding Peace Activist
Ervin Laszlo is a Hungarian philosopher, founder and President of the International Think Tank Club of Budapest.
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Women Wage Peace, Israel
2017 Outstanding Peace Activist
Women Wage Peace is the largest non-partisan grassroots movement in Israel.
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Halim Abdoulrazzak
2016 Outstanding Peace Activist
Halim was the 41st refugee to arrive in Hall 6, Luxembourg in 2015. Since then, he has been volunteering with Musicare and the Red Cross, to help refugees settle in their newly adopted countries.
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Jorge Castella I Cot
2015 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Patricia Pellegrini
2014 Outstanding Peace Activist
Mrs. Patricia Pellegrini has worked tirelessly with tens of thousands of children, through the Arts, in order to bring the message of Peace and Brotherhood to their schools and homes.
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Roberto Martin Kletzel
2014 Outstanding Peace Activist
Art Curator and Publisher, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Prof. Dr. Raphael Pitti
2013 Outstanding Peace Activist
War medicine specialist who shape for UOSSM Syrian doctors treat war wounds has worked to make this aid convoy from the Aleppo population that lives under constant bombardment.
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Mr. Charles Danguy
2012 Outstanding Peace Activist
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The Volunteers of the 2012 World Peace Forum
2012 Outstanding Peace Activist
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Mr. Boualem Sansal
2012 Outstanding Peace Activist
He began writing novels at the age of 50 after retiring from his job as a high-ranking official in the Algerian government. The assassination of President Mohamed Boudiaf in 1992 and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Algeria inspired him to write about his country.
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2024 Register to the event
The 2024 Luxembourg Peace Prize ceremony will take place at the Museum D'Art Moderne (MUDAM) and shared online.