Freedom Award

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The International Rescue Committee (IRC) bestows its Freedom Award for extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and human 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."[1]

The IRC was founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein,[2] and made its first Freedom Award in 1957, to German politician Willy Brandt, who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.[3] 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".[4] The first joint recipients of the award were Lane Kirkland and his wife Irena who won the prize in 1981.[5] Lane was honored for his "long devotion to the cause of refugees" while Irena was described as "very much a human rights activist".[5] Chinese dissidents Li Shuxian and Fang Lizhi were jointly honored in 1991;[1][6] 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.[7]

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 in absentia to Burmese pro-democracy campaigner and leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, Aung San Suu Kyi.[8][9] The 2011 award ceremony was held in New York City, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in November, where the presentation was made to the Brokaw family.[10] In 2012, John C. Whitehead received the prize for a second time, the only person to do so.[1]

Recipients

Year Image Recipient Nationality References
1957 A smiling, older man in a dark suit with a narrow-striped shirt and wide-striped tie. He has receding but long, wavy hair. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Germany.svg German [5]
1958 File:Sir Winston S Churchill.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British [4]
1959 File:William Donovan.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1960 File:Lt com r e byrd.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1965 File:George Meany.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [11]
1966 File:David Dubinsky.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1967 File:DavidSarnoff 1922.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [12]
1969 File:GEN Lucius D. Clay portrait (cropped).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1970 File:Jacob Javits portrait.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [12]
1975 File:Kreisky-Koechler-Vienna-1980 Crop.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Austria.svg Austrian [13]
1976 — Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1977 File:Hubert Humphrey crop.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [11]
1978 — Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Austria.svg Austrian [1]
1979 — Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[A] File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1981 File:Lkirkland.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort".
Irena Kirkland 		File:Flag of the United States.svg American
File:Flag of the United States.svg American 		[5]
1987 File:Elie Wiesel 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Romania.svg Romanian [11]
1987 File:John C Whitehead.png Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [14]
1989 File:Sadruddin Aga Khan (1991) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of France.svg French
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iranian
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Swiss 		[1]
1989 File:Lech Walesa - 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Poland.svg Polish [11]
1990 Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaraguan [1]
1991 — Script error: No such module "Sort". and his wife Li Shuxian File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chinese
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chinese 		[1]
1991 File:Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1982).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Peru.svg Peruvian [15]
1992 File:CyrusVanceSoS.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [12]
1993 File:George Soros - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[B] File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungarian [7]
1993 — Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[C] File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1994 — Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[B] File:Flag of the United States.svg American [16]
1994 — Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[C] File:Flag of Austria.svg Austrian [16]
1995 File:Aung San Suu Kyi 17 November 2011.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[D] File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Burmese [9]
1995 File:Sadako Ogata.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Japan.svg Japanese [9]
1995 File:Holbrooke-Amtsfoto 1-293x400.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [1]
1997 — Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [12]
1999 File:Albrightmadeleine.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [12]
2001 File:John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [17]
2002 — Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [18]
2002 File:Hamid Karzai in February 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghan [19]
2003 File:Václav Havel.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech [9]
2004 File:Darfur-Rally 019.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[B] File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian [20]
2005 File:George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
File:Bill Clinton.jpg 		Script error: No such module "Sort".
Bill Clinton 		File:Flag of the United States.svg American
File:Flag of the United States.svg American 		[21]
2006 File:Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf detail 071024-D-9880W-027.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberian [22]
2007 File:António Guterres.jpg
File:Angelina Jolie at Davos crop.jpg 		Script error: No such module "Sort".
Angelina Jolie 		File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portuguese
File:Flag of the United States.svg American 		[9]
2008 File:Kofi Annan.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghanaian [23]
2011 File:Tom Brokaw by David Shankbone.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [10]
2012 File:John C Whitehead.png Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg American [24]
2013 File:George Soros - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "anchor".[B] File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungarian [7][25]
2014 The humanitarian aid worker [26]
2015 Shimon Peres File:Flag of Israel.svg Israeli
2016 Spyros Galinos File:Flag of Greece.svg Greek [27]
2017 File:Leopoldo Lopez 1.JPG Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuelan [28][29]

Notes

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  • A Script error: No such module "anchor".^ Lord's award was made posthumously.[1]
  • B Script error: No such module "anchor".^ Distinguished Humanitarian Award[1]
  • C Script error: No such module "anchor".^ Distinguished Public Service Award[1]
  • D Script error: No such module "anchor".^ Special Freedom Award Recipient, in absentia[1]

References

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