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