Sydney Peace Prize


Sydney Peace Prize
The Sydney Peace Prize is awarded by the Sydney Peace Foundation, a non profit organisation associated with the University of Sydney. The prize promotes peace with justice and the practice of nonviolence. It aims to encourage public interest and discussion about issues of peace, social justice, human rights, and non-violent conflict resolution.
Sl | Name | Country | Flag | Year | Awarded For |
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25 | The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | Switzerland | 2024 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
24 | Nazanin Boniadi | United Kingdom | 2023 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
23 | The Uluru Statement | Australia | 2022 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
22 | The Me Too Movement |  United States | 2019 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
21 | Joseph E. Stiglitz |  United States | 2018 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
20 | Black Lives Matter |  United States | 2017 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
19 | Naomi Klein | Canada | 2016 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
18 | George Gittoes | Australia | 2015 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
17 | Julian Burnside | Australia | 2014 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
16 | Cynthia Maung | Myanmar | 2013 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
15 | Sekai Holland | Zimbabwe | 2012 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
14 | Noam Chomsky | United States | 2011 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
13 | Vandana Shiva | India | 2010 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
12 | John Pilger | Australia | 2009 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
11 | Patrick Dodson | Australia | 2008 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
10 | Hans Blix | Sweden | 2007 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
9 | Irene Khan | Bangladesh | 2006 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
8 | Olara Otunnu | Uganda | 2005 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
7 | Arundhati Roy | India | 2004 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
6 | Dr. Hanan Ashrawi | Palestine | 2003 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
5 | Mary Robinson | Ireland | 2002 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
4 | Sir William Deane | Australia | 2001 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
3 | Xanana Gusmão | Timor-Leste | 2000 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
2 | Desmond Tutu | South Africa | 1999 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. | |
1 | Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | 1998 | for humanitarian work and respect for common humanity. |

Sydney Peace Prize Laureates (2030 ~ 2021)

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Sydney Peace Prize 2024
Australians for Palestine (AFP) and the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2022 Jerusalem (Al Quds) Peace Prize as former international lawyer with the UN, former Member for Fremantle, and former Minister for International Development of Australia, the Hon. Melissa Parke.
The Hon. Melissa Parke was chosen for the 2022 Jerusalem (Al Quds) Peace Prize because of her integrity, honour, and commitment to the Palestinian cause.

The Uluru Statement from the Heart
Sydney Peace Prize 2022
For bringing together Australia’s First Nations Peoples around a clear and comprehensive agenda; for facilitating healing and peace within our Nation; and for delivering self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, enabling Australia to move into the future with unity and confidence.

Sydney Peace Prize Laureates (2020 ~ 2011)

The Me Too Movement
Sydney Peace Prize 2019
For empowering survivors of sexual harassment and violence, and elevating their voices; for championing truth and justice; for highlighting the breadth and impact of sexual violence worldwide; and for launching a demand for change that is sweeping the world.

Joseph E. Stiglitz
Sydney Peace Prize 2018
For leading a global conversation about the crisis caused by economic inequality, for exposing the violence inflicted by market fundamentalism, and for championing just solutions to the defining challenge of our time: How can we break the cycle of power and greed to enable all peoples and the planet to flourish ?

Black Lives Matters
Sydney Peace Prize 2017
For building a powerful movement for racial equality, courageously reigniting a global conversation around state violence and racism. And for harnessing the potential of new platforms and power of people to inspire a bold movement for change at a time when peace is threatened by growing inequality and injustice.
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Naomi Klein
Sydney Peace Prize 2016
For exposing the structural causes and responsibility for the climate crisis, for inspiring us to stand up locally, nationally and internationally to demand a new agenda for sharing the planet that respects human rights and equality, and for reminding us of the power of authentic democracy to achieve transformative change and justice.

George Gittoes
Sydney Peace Prize 2015
For exposing injustice for over 45 years as a humanist artist, activist and filmmaker, for his courage to witness and confront violence in the war zones of the world, for enlisting the arts to subdue aggression and for enlivening the creative spirit to promote tolerance, respect and peace with justice.

Julian Burnside
Sydney Peace Prize 2014
For his brave and principled advocacy for human rights and for those wronged by government, for insisting that we respect our international legal obligations toward those seeking asylum, and for his unflinching defence of the rule of law as a means to achieve a more peaceful and just society.

Noam Chomsky
Sydney Peace Prize 2011
For inspiring the convictions of millions about a common humanity and for unfailing moral courage. For critical analysis of democracy and power, for challenging secrecy, censorship and violence and for creating hope through scholarship and activism to promote the attainment of universal human rights.

Sydney Peace Prize Laureates (2010 ~ 1998)

Vandana Shiva
Sydney Peace Prize 2010
For work as an author, film-maker and journalist as well as for courage as a foreign and war correspondent in enabling the voices of the powerless to be heard. For commitment to peace with justice by exposing and holding governments to account for human rights abuses and for fearless challenges to censorship in any form.

John Pilger
Sydney Peace Prize 2009
For work as an author, film-maker and journalist as well as for courage as a foreign and war correspondent in enabling the voices of the powerless to be heard. For commitment to peace with justice by exposing and holding governments to account for human rights abuses and for fearless challenges to censorship in any form.
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Arundhati Roy
Sydney Peace Prize 2004
For her courage in campaigns for human rights and for her advocacy of non violence, as expressed in her demands for justice for the poor, for the victims of communal violence, for the millions displaced by the Narmada dam projects and by her opposition to nuclear weapons.