The Stuttgart Peace Prize () is an annual award of 5000 Euros made by the non governmental organization ("The Instigators") to people or projects involved "in a special way for peace, justice and world solidarity".
Voting is open to all who have won either the Foundation or the instigators Stuttgart Peace Prize in the year in question, those who have made a donation before the election or are supporting members. Each voter has three votes, and may give a proposal per vote or distribute their votes over existing proposals.
Winners 2003: Committee for Basic Liberties and Democracy, Germany. 2004: Lama Tarayra - Palestinian pupil, for her work in reconciling Israeli and Palestinian youth 2005: Giuliana Sgrena, Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq. 2006: Wolfram Hülsemann (Germany) - Director of the NGO Brandenburg Institute for Community Guidance, Democracy and Integration 2007: Agustín Aguayo (United States) - combat medic whose application for conscientious objector status was denied forcing him to desert 2008: POEMA (Germany/Brazil) - program against poverty and for protection of the environment in the Amazon rainforest. 2009: Susan Bardócz and Árpád Pusztai, scientists and critics of genetic engineering. 2010: Werner Baumgarten - pastor for asylum seekers and refugees. 2011: Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan (Kenya) - for combining soccer and emancipation ("We aim to score not to kill.“) 2012: Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel! (Action Outcry – Stop the Arms Trade!“, Germany) 2013: Enio Mancini and Enrico Pieri - survivors of the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre in Tuscany, Italy during World War II, who fight for justice and international understanding. 2014: Edward Snowden, former CIA employee and whistleblower who disclosed America's extensive surveillance programme in 2013 2015: Giusi Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa and Linosa. 2016: Jürgen Grässlin, peace activist and armament opponent in Germany, publicist of non-fiction books about arms exports, military and economy policy 2017: Aslı Erdoğan, Turkish physicist, journalist and author 2018: X González, American anti-weapons activist 2019: Sea-Watch, NGO that saves lives in the Mediterranean sea 2020: Julian Assange, Australian investigative journalist, political activist and founder and spokesperson of WikiLeaks 2021: Maria Kalesnikava, Belarusian political activist 2022: Reporters Without Borders Germany, non-governmental organization for freedom of information 2023: Seebrücke Baden-Württemberg 2024: Correctiv, media company 2025: Anne Brorhilker, German jurist particularly known for her investigations into the CumEx-Files fraud.
References
External links Stuttgart Peace Award Website