Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for the past 10 years
Below is a list of the winners of the last ten years of the Nobel Peace Prize:
2021: Filipino journalists Maria Ressa and Russian Dmitry Muratov, in recognition of their efforts in investigative work.
- 2019: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in recognition of his efforts to make peace with Eritrea after decades of conflict.
- 2018: Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, a former ISIS victim, in honor of their efforts to combat sexual violence used in conflicts in the world.
- 2017: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICANN) for its contribution to the adoption of a landmark treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
2016: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos expresses his commitment to ending the armed conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
- 2015: The Quartet that sponsors the national dialogue in Tunisia, consisting of 4 civil society organizations, which made it possible to save the democratic transition in the country. These are the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the National Bar of Tunisia, and the Tunisian League for Human Rights.
2014: Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan) and Kailash Satyarty (India) for their “struggle against the persecution of children and youth and their defense of the right of all children to education.”
2013: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its efforts to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction.
2012: The European Union is the most important project that contributed to establishing peace on a continent torn apart by two world wars.