North-South Prize
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The North-South Prize is awarded annually by the Council of Europe to two individuals who have shown both achievement and hope for the future in relation to human rights. The prize originated in 1995 and it is sometimes known as the Lisbon North-South Prize.
[edit] Winners
- 2006 Mukhtaran Bibi and Francisco Van Der Hoff
- 2005 Bogaletch Gebre and Bob Geldof
- 2004 Nawal El Saadawi and Stéphane Hessel
- 2003 Frene Ginwala and António de Almeida Santos
- 2002 Albina du Boisrouvray and Xanana Gusmão
- 2001 Maria de Nazaré Gadelha Ferreira Fernandes and Cornelio Sommaruga
- 2000 Marguerite Barankitse and Mário Soares
- 1999 Emma Bonino and Abderrahman Youssoufi
- 1998 Graça Machel and Lloyd Axworthy
- 1997 Mary Robinson and Patricio Aylwin
- 1996 Danielle Mitterrand and "Algerian women"
- 1995 Peter Gabriel and Vera Duarte
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