Niwano Peace Prize

NIWANO PEACE FOUNDATION

The Foundation established the Niwano Peace Prize to honor and encourage those who are devoting themselves to interreligious cooperation in the cause of peace, and to make their achievements known as it is Foundation’s hope that this prize will further promote interreligious cooperation for peace and lead to the emergence of ever more people devoting themselves to this cause.

Sl	Name	Country	Year	Awarded For
41	Mohammed Abu-Nime	Palestine	2024	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
40	Rajagopal P. V.	India	2023	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
39	Michael Lapsley	South Africa	2022	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
38	Venerable Shih Chao-hwei	Taiwan	2021	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
37	Ven. Pomnyun Sunim	South Korea	2020	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
36	John Paul Lederach	United States	2019	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
35	Adyan Foundation	Lebanon	2018	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
34	Munib Younan	Palestine	2017	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
33	Center for Peace Building and Reconciliation (CPBR)	Sri Lanka	2016	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
32	Esther Ibanga	Nigeria	2015	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
31	Dena Merriam	United States	2014	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
30	Gunnar Stålsett	Norway	2013	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
29	Rosalina Tuyuc	Guatemala	2012	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
28	Sulak Sivaraksa	Thailand	2011	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
27	Ela Bhatt	India	2010	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
26	Reverend Canon Gideon Byamugisha	Uganda	2009	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
25	Prince El Hassan bin Talal	Jordan	2008	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
24	Master Cheng Yen (Tzu-Chi, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation)	Taiwan	2007	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
23	Rabbis for Human Rights	Israel	2006	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
22	Dr. Hans Küng	Switzerland	2005	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
21	Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI)	Uganda	2004	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
20	Dr. Scilla Elworthy	United Kingdom	2003	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
19	Samuel Ruiz García, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de las Casas	Mexico	2002	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
18	Elias Chacour, bishop of the Melkite-Catholic Chuch	Israel	2001	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
17	Dr. Kang Won Yong	Korea	2000	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
16	Community of Sant'Egidio	Italy	1999	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
15	Maha Ghosananda	Cambodia	1998	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
14	Corrymeela Community	Norhth Ireland	1997	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
13	Marii Hasegawa	United States	1996	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
12	M. Aram	India	1995	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
11	Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop of Sao Paulo	Brazil	1994	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
10	Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam	Israel	1993	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
9	A. T. Ariyaratne	Sri Lanka	1992	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
8	Dr. Hildegard Goss-Mayr	Austria	1991	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
7	Norman Cousins	United States	1990	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
6	Etai Yamada	Japan	1989	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
5	World Muslim Congress	Pakistan	1987	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
4	Philip A. Potter	Dominican Republic	1986	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
3	Zhao Puchu	China	1985	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
2	Homer A. Jack	United States	1984	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.
1	Dom Hélder Câmara	Brazil	1983	inter-religious cooperation in the cause of peace.