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{{Short description|Humanitarian award for freedom and refugees}}
{{Distinguish|IRI Freedom Award|Association of Former Intelligence Officers Freedom Award|Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award}}
{{Update|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox award
| name           = Freedom Award
| current_awards = 
| image          = 
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| caption        = 
| awarded_for    = "extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom"<ref name=irc/>
| presenter      = [[International Rescue Committee]]
| country        =  United States
| location       = 
| year           = 1957
| year2          = 2024

| holder         = 
| website        = [https://www.rescue.org/page/irc-freedom-award IRC Freedom Award]
}}
The [[International Rescue Committee]] (IRC) bestows its '''Freedom Award''' for extraordinary contributions to the cause of [[refugees]] and human [[Freedom (political)|freedom]]. According to the IRC, "The Freedom Award reveals the remarkable ability of an individual to shape history and change for the better a world moving toward freedom for all."<ref name=irc/>

The IRC was founded in 1933 at the request of [[Albert Einstein]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.theirc.org/irc-a-glance | title = IRC at a glance | publisher = [[International Rescue Committee]] | access-date = 2010-04-22 | archive-date = 2012-09-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120908214235/http://www.theirc.org/irc-a-glance | url-status = dead }}</ref> and made its first Freedom Award in 1957, to German politician [[Willy Brandt]], who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1971/index.html |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1971 |access-date=2010-04-22 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |archive-date=2008-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024052354/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1971/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  The following year, the award was presented to [[Winston Churchill]], British prime minister during the [[Second World War]], for his "dedicated and devoted service to the cause of human liberty".<ref name=churchill/>  The first joint recipients of the award were [[Lane Kirkland]] and his wife Irena who won the prize in 1981.<ref name=first/>  Lane was honored for his "long devotion to the cause of refugees" while Irena was described as "very much a human rights activist".<ref name=first/>  Chinese dissidents [[Li Shuxian (scientist)|Li Shuxian]] and [[Fang Lizhi]] were jointly honored in 1991;<ref name=irc/><ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/26/world/statements-by-chinese-dissidents-and-beijing.html?pagewanted=1| work = [[The New York Times]]| access-date = 2010-05-01| date = 1990-06-26| title = Statements by Chinese Dissidents and Beijing| archive-date = 2018-11-24| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162654/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/26/world/statements-by-chinese-dissidents-and-beijing.html?pagewanted=1| url-status = live}}</ref> two American Presidents,  [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Bill Clinton]] took the prize as a pair in 2005, and film actress [[Angelina Jolie]] and [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] High Commissioner [[António Guterres]] received the award together in 2007.<ref name=unhcr/>

Since the first award presentation in 1957, the IRC has made it to 46 recipients, 24 of which were American; the majority of awards have been to politicians.  The 1995 presentation was made ''[[wikt:in absentia|in absentia]]'' to Burmese pro-democracy campaigner and leader of the opposition [[National League for Democracy]] (NLD) party, [[Aung San Suu Kyi]].<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11685977| title = Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi| publisher = BBC News| access-date = 2010-05-01| date = 2009-08-11| archive-date = 2009-05-14| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090514084007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1950505.stm| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name=un/>  The 2011 award ceremony was held in New York City, at the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]] in November, where the presentation was made to the [[Tom Brokaw|Brokaw family]].<ref name=recent>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rescue.org/blog/2011-freedom-award-honoring-brokaw-family |title=2011 Freedom Award: Honoring the Brokaw Family |publisher=[[International Rescue Committee]] |access-date=2013-03-27 |date=2011-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720162027/http://www.rescue.org/blog/2011-freedom-award-honoring-brokaw-family |archive-date=2013-07-20 }}</ref>  In 2012, [[John C. Whitehead]] received the prize for a second time, the only person to do so.<ref name=irc/>

==Recipients==
{| class="sortable wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
|- 
! width=100 style="background:#FFE4C4;"|Year
! width=100 class=unsortable style="background:#FFE4C4;"|Image
! width=200 style="background:#FFE4C4;"|Recipient
! width=200 style="background:#FFE4C4;"| Nationality
! class=unsortable width=100 style="background:#FFE4C4;"|References
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F057884-0009, Willy Brandt.jpg|75px|alt=A smiling, older man in a dark suit with a narrow-striped shirt and wide-striped tie. He has receding but long, wavy hair.]]
| {{sortname|Willy|Brandt}}
| {{flag|GER|name=German}}
| <ref name=first>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/07/nyregion/notes-on-people-kirklands-to-get-awards.html | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = 2010-04-22 | date = 1981-04-07 | title = Notes on people; Kirklands to Get Awards | first = Albin | last = Krebs | archive-date = 2019-04-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190425100642/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/07/nyregion/notes-on-people-kirklands-to-get-awards.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Sir Winston S Churchill.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Winston|Churchill}}
| {{flag|GBR|name=British}}
| <ref name=churchill>{{Cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=71YmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6651,1916795&dq=freedom+award+churchill+1958&hl=en | title = Give Churchill Freedom Award | work = [[Gettysburg Times]] | date = 1958-05-30 | access-date = 2010-04-22 | page = 2 | archive-date = 2016-03-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307193554/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=71YmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6651,1916795&dq=freedom+award+churchill+1958&hl=en | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| 1959
| [[File:William Donovan.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|William Joseph|Donovan}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc>{{Cite web |url = http://www.theirc.org/irc-freedom-award |title = IRC Freedom Award |publisher = [[International Rescue Committee]] |access-date = 2010-04-22 |archive-date = 2010-10-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101025084448/http://www.theirc.org/irc-freedom-award |url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
| 1960
| [[File:Lt com r e byrd.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Richard Evelyn|Byrd}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1965
| [[File:George Meany.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|George|Meany}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=lech/>
|-
| 1966
| [[File:David Dubinsky.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|David|Dubinsky}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1967
| [[File:DavidSarnoff 1922.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|David|Sarnoff}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=albright/>
|-
| 1969
| [[File:GEN Lucius D. Clay portrait (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Lucius D.|Clay}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1970
| [[File:Jacob Javits portrait.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Jacob K.|Javits}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=albright/>
|-
| 1975
| [[File:Kreisky-Koechler-Vienna-1980 Crop.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Bruno|Kreisky}}
| {{flag|AUT|name=Austrian}}
| <ref>{{Cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19750410&id=A0YfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ftEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=752,4006334| work=[[The Daytona Beach News-Journal]]| access-date=2010-04-22| date=1975-04-10| page=35| title=Austria's Kreisky Will Get Freedom Award| archive-date=2023-11-24| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124112042/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19750410&id=A0YfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ftEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=752,4006334| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Leo|Cherne}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1977
| [[File:Hubert Humphrey crop.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Hubert|Humphrey}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=lech/>
|-
| 1978
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Joseph|Buttinger}}
| {{flag|AUT|name=Austrian}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1979
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Mary Pillsbury |Lord}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_A}}[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1981
| [[File:Lkirkland.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Lane|Kirkland|Lane Kirkland}}<br />[[Irena Kirkland]]
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}<br />{{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=first/>
|-
| 1987
| [[File:Elie Wiesel 2009.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Elie|Wiesel}}
| {{flag|ROM|name=Romanian}}
| <ref name=lech/>
|-
| 1987
| [[File:John C Whitehead.png|75px]]
| {{sortname|John C.|Whitehead}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2000/20001115.sgsm7625.doc.html | publisher = [[United Nations]] | access-date = 2010-04-22 | date = 2000-11-15 | title = Press Release &ndash; SG/SM/7625 | archive-date = 2015-09-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906092026/http://www.rescue.org/video/honoring-humanitarian-aid-worker | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| [[File:Sadruddin Aga Khan (1991) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Prince Sadruddin|Aga Khan}}
| {{flag|FRA|name=French}}<br />{{flag|IRN|name=Iranian}}<br />{{flag|SUI|name=Swiss}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1989
| [[File:Lech Walesa - 2009.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Lech|Wałęsa}}
| {{flag|POL|name=Polish}}
| <ref name=lech>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19891117&id=8xoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6576,4265665|title=Walesa says West to blame if Poland fails|work=[[Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)|Times-News]]|access-date=2010-04-22|date=1989-11-17|page=2|archive-date=2023-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124112042/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19891117&id=8xoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6576,4265665|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| 
| {{sortname|Violeta|Chamorro}}
| {{flag|NIC|name=Nicaraguan}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1991
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Fang|Lizhi}} and his wife Li Shuxian
| {{flag|CHN|name=Chinese}}<br />{{flag|CHN|name=Chinese}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1991
| [[File:Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1982).jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Javier|Pérez de Cuéllar}}
| {{flag|PER|name=Peruvian}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/03/style/social-events.html?pagewanted=1 |work = [[The New York Times]] |access-date = 2010-04-22 |date = 1991-11-03 |title = Social Events |archive-date = 2019-02-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072917/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/03/style/social-events.html?pagewanted=1 |url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| 1992
| [[File:CyrusVanceSoS.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Cyrus|Vance}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=albright/>
|-
| 1993
| [[File:George Soros - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|George|Soros}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_B}}[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
| {{flag|HUN|name=Hungarian}}
| <ref name=unhcr>{{Cite web| url = http://www.unhcr.org/473055832.html| title = High Commissioner and Angelina Jolie to receive IRC Freedom Award| publisher = [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]]| access-date = 2010-04-22| date = 2007-11-06| archive-date = 2012-10-12| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121012031544/http://www.unhcr.org/473055832.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Dwayne|Andreas}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_C}}[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1994
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Theodore J.|Forstmann}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_B}}[[#endnote_A|[B]]]</sup>
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=eightyfour>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/style/benefits-872687.html?pagewanted=1 | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = 2010-04-22 | date = 1994-11-20 | title = Benefits | archive-date = 2019-02-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207073017/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/style/benefits-872687.html?pagewanted=1 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Felix|Rohatyn}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_C}}[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
| {{flag|AUT|name=Austrian}}
| <ref name=eightyfour/>
|-
| 1995
| [[File:Aung San Suu Kyi 17 November 2011.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Aung San|Suu Kyi}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_D}}[[#endnote_D|[D]]]</sup>
| {{flag|Burma|1974|name=Burmese}}
| <ref name=un/>
|-
| 1995
| [[File:Sadako Ogata.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Sadako|Ogata}}
| {{flag|JPN|name=Japanese}}
| <ref name=un/>
|-
| 1995
| [[File:Holbrooke-Amtsfoto 1-293x400.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Richard|Holbrooke}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=irc/>
|-
| 1997
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Robert P.|De Vecchi}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=albright/>
|-
| 1999
| [[File:Albrightmadeleine.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Madeleine|Albright}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=albright>{{Cite web |url = http://www.theirc.org/news/madeleine-albright-receives-international-rescue-committees-freedom-award-3837 |title = Madeleine Albright receives International Rescue Committee's Freedom Award |publisher = [[International Rescue Committee]] |access-date = 2010-04-22 |date = 1999-11-10 |archive-date = 2010-08-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100802115254/https://www.theirc.org/news/madeleine-albright-receives-international-rescue-committees-freedom-award-3837 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[File:John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|John|McCain}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref>{{Cite web| url=http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.Speeches&ContentRecord_id=958c32e7-3044-4620-bec4-a46d4a859a42&Region_id=&Issue_id=e2d83197-0adb-4a53-994a-9eb58268b452| title=Remarks of Senator John McCain &ndash; The International Rescue Committee's 2001 Freedom Award Dinner| access-date=2010-04-22| date=2001-11-14| publisher=U.S. Senator John McCain &ndash; Arizona| archive-date=2016-08-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827101003/http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.Speeches&ContentRecord_id=958c32e7-3044-4620-bec4-a46d4a859a42&Region_id=&Issue_id=e2d83197-0adb-4a53-994a-9eb58268b452| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| align=center|&mdash;
| {{sortname|Reynold|Levy}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aysps.gsu.edu/nsp/2355.html |publisher=[[Georgia State University]] |access-date=2010-04-22 |title=2008 UPS Lecture on Nonprofit Leadership, Governance and Economic Stewardship |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630072347/http://aysps.gsu.edu/nsp/2355.html |archive-date=2010-06-30 }}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| [[File:Hamid Karzai in February 2009.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Hamid|Karzai}}
| {{flag|AFG|name=Afghan}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.afghanembassyjp.com/en/government/ |title = His Excellency President Hamed Karzai |publisher = The Embassy of Afghanistan &ndash; Tokyo |access-date = 2010-04-22 |archive-date = 2018-10-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181004163739/http://www.afghanembassyjp.com/en/government/ |url-status = usurped }}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| [[File:Václav Havel.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Václav|Havel}}
| {{flag|CZE|1936|name=Czech}}
| <ref name=un/>
|-
| 2004
| [[File:Darfur-Rally 019.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Roméo|Dallaire}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_B}}[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
| {{flag|CAN|name=Canadian}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/pdf/IRCSpeech.pdf |access-date = 2010-04-22 |title = Samantha Power &ndash; IRC Freedom Award Dinner &ndash; November 10, 2004 |publisher = [[Harvard University]] |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100630233849/http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/pdf/IRCSpeech.pdf |archive-date = June 30, 2010 }}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| [[File:George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg|75px]]<br />[[File:Bill Clinton.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|George H.W.|Bush}}<br />[[Bill Clinton]]
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}<br />{{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.theirc.org/news/irc-honors-former-presidents-bush-and-clinton-tsunami-katrina-relief-efforts-3690| title = IRC Honors Former Presidents Bush and Clinton for Tsunami, Katrina Relief Efforts| publisher = [[International Rescue Committee]]| access-date = 2010-05-14| date = 2005-11-10| archive-date = 2010-10-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101027025004/http://www.theirc.org/news/irc-honors-former-presidents-bush-and-clinton-tsunami-katrina-relief-efforts-3690| url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| [[File:Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf detail 071024-D-9880W-027.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Ellen Johnson|Sirleaf}}
| {{flag|Liberia|name=Liberian}}
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = http://emansion.gov.lr/content.php?sub=President%27s%20Biography&related=The%20President | title = Biographical Brief of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | publisher = Government of the Republic of Liberia &ndash; Executive Mansion | access-date = 2010-04-22 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100423155204/http://www.emansion.gov.lr/content.php?sub=President%27s%20Biography&related=The%20President | archive-date = 2010-04-23 }}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| [[File:António Guterres.jpg|75px]]<br />[[File:Angelina Jolie at Davos crop.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|António|Guterres}}<br />[[Angelina Jolie]]
| {{flag|POR|name=Portuguese}}<br />{{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=un>{{Cite web | url = https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24590&Cr=freedom&Cr1=award | publisher = [[United Nations]] | access-date = 2010-04-22 | title = UN refugee agency, Angelina Jolie receive Freedom Award | date = 2007-11-08 | archive-date = 2008-06-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080617173021/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24590&Cr=freedom&Cr1=award | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| [[File:Kofi Annan.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Kofi|Annan}}
| {{flag|GHA|name=Ghanaian}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/give-til-it-hurts/story-e6frg6z6-1111118257963 |title=Give 'til it hurts |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |author2=Harris, Bret |access-date=2010-05-19 |date=2008-12-09 |first=Stephen |last=Lunn}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| [[File:Tom Brokaw by David Shankbone.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|Brokaw|family|Tom Brokaw|Brokaw}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref name=recent/>
|-
| 2012
| [[File:John C Whitehead.png|75px]]
| {{sortname|John C.|Whitehead}}
| {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/11/08/international-rescue-committee-honors-john-c-whitehead/ | work = [[Wall Street Journal]] | date = 2012-11-08 | access-date = 2013-09-06 | title = Kissinger, Bloomberg Honor IRC at Freedom Award Dinner | first = Monika | last = Anderson | archive-date = 2019-02-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190227215502/https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/11/08/international-rescue-committee-honors-john-c-whitehead/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| [[File:George Soros - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg|75px]]
| {{sortname|George|Soros}}<sup>{{anchor|ref_B}}[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
| {{flag|HUN|name=Hungarian}}
| <ref name="unhcr"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=International Rescue Committee |title=Freedom Award: Honoring George Soros |url=http://www.rescue.org/blog/freedom-award-honoring-george-soros |website=Rescue.org |publisher=International Rescue Committee |access-date=22 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203001404/http://www.rescue.org/blog/freedom-award-honoring-george-soros |archive-date=2015-02-03}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| 
| The humanitarian aid worker
|
| <ref>[http://www.rescue.org/video/honoring-humanitarian-aid-worker Honoring the humanitarian aid worker] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906092026/http://www.rescue.org/video/honoring-humanitarian-aid-worker |date=2015-09-06 }}, Rescue, 2014</ref>
|-
|2015
|
|[[Shimon Peres]]
|{{flag|ISR|name=Israeli}}
|
|-
|2016
|
|[[Spyridon Galinos|Spyros Galinos]]
|{{flag|GRE|name=Greek}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=International Rescue Committee honors Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos and the Mack family at annual Rescue Dinner benefit|url=https://www.rescue.org/press-release/international-rescue-committee-honors-mayor-spyros-galinos-lesbos-and-mack-family|access-date=26 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227131445/https://www.rescue.org/press-release/international-rescue-committee-honors-mayor-spyros-galinos-lesbos-and-mack-family|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[File:Leopoldo_Lopez_1.JPG|75px]]
| {{sortname|Leopoldo|López}}
| {{flag|VEN|name=Venezuelan}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Governor Scott Joins Venezuelan Expats In Doral; Says Maduro, 'Thugs' Have To Go|url=http://wlrn.org/post/governor-scott-joins-venezuelan-expats-doral-says-maduro-thugs-have-go/|access-date=2017-05-08|archive-date=2017-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509050548/http://wlrn.org/post/governor-scott-joins-venezuelan-expats-doral-says-maduro-thugs-have-go|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom Award: Leopoldo López fue homenajeado con el Freedom Award en Miami|url=http://www.caraotadigital.net/nacionales/leopoldo-lopez-fue-homenajeado-con-el-freedom-award-en-miami/|access-date=2017-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511005128/http://www.caraotadigital.net/nacionales/leopoldo-lopez-fue-homenajeado-con-el-freedom-award-en-miami/|archive-date=2017-05-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
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*A {{anchor|endnote_A}}'''[[#ref_A|^]]''' Lord's award was made posthumously.<ref name=irc/>
*B {{anchor|endnote_B}}'''[[#ref_B|^]]''' Distinguished Humanitarian Award<ref name=irc/>
*C {{anchor|endnote_C}}'''[[#ref_C|^]]''' Distinguished Public Service Award<ref name=irc/>
*D {{anchor|endnote_D}}'''[[#ref_D|^]]''' Special Freedom Award Recipient, ''[[wikt:in absentia|in absentia]]''<ref name=irc/>
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== References ==
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