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Learn About the Nobel
Peace Laureates
PeaceJam is an international education program
built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who
work personally with youth to pass on the spirit,
skills, and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam
is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers
who will transform their local communities, themselves,
and the world.
Click on each Nobel's name to read a more in-depth bio.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for
his courageous leadership in efforts to find a
nonviolent solution to the conflicts over the
policy of apartheid in South Africa.
President Oscar Arias,
current President of Costa Rica, was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to negotiate
a peaceful resolution to the years of conflict
and war in Central America.
Rigoberta Menchú
Tum was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1992 for her work as a peaceful advocate of
native Indian rights in Central America and for
her leadership among indigenous peoples worldwide.
The Dalai Lama
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for
his nonviolent efforts to resolve the Tibetan
conflict and for his worldwide role as a man of
peace and advocate for the environment.
Aung San Suu Kyi
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for
her nonviolent leadership of the democratic opposition
in Burma, following the principles of Gandhi.
She has been under house arrest since 1989.
Mairead Corrigan Maguire
& Betty Williams
were presented with the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1977 for their efforts to create a grassroots
movement to end the violence in Northern Ireland.
Jody Williams
of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
(ICBL) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997
for her work in creating an international treaty
to ban landmines and for the clearing of anti-personnel
landmine fields.
Adolfo Pérez
Esquivel was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1980 for his leadership for human rights
and true democracy for the people of Latin America.
José Ramos-Horta
was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996
for his sustained efforts to end the oppression
of the East Timorese people.
Laureate Emeritus Sir Joseph Rotblat
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
1995 for their efforts to diminish the part played
by nuclear arms in international politics and,
in the longer run, to eliminate such arms, and
for his role in creating the Pugwash Conference.
PeaceJam has continued to support the work of
Pugwash since Sir Joseph Rotblat's passing on
August 31, 2005.
Shirin Ebadi
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
2003 for her efforts for deomcracy, peace, and
women's rights in the Middle East.
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