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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Ambassador of Conscience Award


The Ambassador of Conscience Award is Amnesty International's most prestigious Human Rights Award

The award was inspired by a poem written for Amnesty by the late Seamus Heaney, called ‘From the Republic of Conscience’, and it aims to promote London-based Amnesty’s work by association with the life, work and example of its ambassadors

The Award is given annually to individuals who show exceptional leadership in the fight to protect and promote human rights and human conscience

 The Award aims to promote the work of Amnesty International by association with the life, work and example of its ‘Ambassadors’

Winners Details


Year
Award Winner
2003
Vaclav Havel,Former President of Czech Republic
2004
Mary Robinson,former President of Ireland
UN High Commissioner of Human Rights and
Hilda Morales Trujillo,Guatemalan Women’s Rights Activist
2005
Irish rock band U2 and their manager Paul McGuinness

2006
Nelson Mandela,Former President of South Africa

2007
Not Awarded
2008
Peter Gabriel, musician and humanitarian activist
2009
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy








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