North–South Prize


The North–South Prize of the Council of Europe is awarded annually since 1995 by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe to two public figures who are recognised for their deep commitment, outstanding achievements and hope they have generated in the field of protection of human rights, the defence of pluralist democracy and North-South partnership and solidarity.
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Call for candidates and selection

Anyone can submit a nomination. The "quadrilogue" involved in overseeing the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, along with media representatives and international and regional government organisations, are invited to name individuals or an organisation whose activities are considered worthy of distinction.
The call for candidates is made on its website. The Centre's partners are similarly asked to inform their respective media organs. The file is sent for review to each member of the jury. After studying the files, the Jury makes a final decision on the candidates.

Candidate selection criteria

The Prize is awarded every year to two nominees, selected from a combination of the categories Global, North and South, keeping, when possible, the gender and geographical balance.The Prize rewards their commitment to the defence and promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law as well as to the development of intercultural dialogue and the reinforcement of the North-South partnership and solidarity, in conformity with the principles and priorities of the Council of Europe.

Jury

The Jury is presided by the Chair of the North-South Centre Executive Committee and is made up of members of the Bureau of the North-South Centre and a representative of the North-South Centre‘s host country, if the country’s representative is not a Bureau member.

The winners

YearRecipientsCountry
1995Peter GabrielUnited Kingdom
1995Vera DuarteCape Verde
1996Danielle MitterrandFrance
1996Algerian womenAlgeria
1997Mary RobinsonIreland
1997Patricio AylwinChile
1998Graça MachelMozambique
1998Lloyd AxworthyCanada
1999Emma BoninoItaly
1999Abderrahmane YoussoufiMorocco
2000Marguerite BarankitseBurundi
2000Mário SoaresPortugal
2001Maria de Nazaré Gadelha Ferreira FernandesBrazil
2001Cornelio SommarugaSwitzerland
2002Albina du BoisrouvrayFrance
2002Xanana GusmãoEast Timor
2003Frene GinwalaSouth Africa
2003António de Almeida SantosPortugal
2004Nawal El SaadawiEgypt
2004Stéphane HesselFrance
2005Bogaletch GebreEthiopia
2005Bob GeldofIreland
2006Mukhtaran BibiPakistan
2006Francisco Van Der HoffNetherlands
2007Kofi AnnanGhana
2007Simone VeilFrance
2008Jorge SampaioPortugal
2008Rania al-AbdullahJordan
2009Mikhail GorbachevRussia
2009Rola DashtiKuwait
2010Louise ArbourCanada
2010Lula da SilvaBrazil
2011Boris TadićSerbia
2011Souhayr BelhassenTunisia
2012Monika HauserSwitzerland
2012Asma JahangirPakistan
2013Aga Khan IVUnited Kingdom
2013Suzanne JabbourLebanon
2014Maura LynchIreland
2014André AzoulayMorocco
2015Lora PappaGreece
2015Joaquim Alberto ChissanoMozambique
2016Giuseppina NicoliniItaly
2016Mbarka BrahmiTunisia
2017Kristiina KumpulaFinland
2017Abbas GulletKenya
2018Jaha Mapenzi DukurehGambia
2018Damien CarêmeFrance
2019Nabila HamzaTunisia
2019Leoluca OrlandoItaly
2020Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change France
2020International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP)Spain
2021Covax Mechanism
2021Zarifa GhafariAfghanistan
2022Association of Ukrainian Cities Ukraine
2022The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)Switzerland
2023Amina BouayachMorocco
2023Global Campus of Human RightsItaly
2024Miguel Ángel MoratinosSpain
2024The initiative enabling refugees to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games