1984-2026
“JUSTICE TO ALL HUMANITY COMPELLED ME AS A DUTY TO PROTEST…”
South Africa
First Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
1985
1984-2026
“JUSTICE TO ALL HUMANITY COMPELLED ME AS A DUTY TO PROTEST…”
South Africa
First Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
1985
“THEY TORN OFF MY ARM BUT MY WILL REMAINS INTACT…”
Peru
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
1992
“IN OMARSKA, WE DIDN’T EXIST, WE WEREN’T EVEN A NUMBER…”
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
1994
“SO THAT A NEW DAWN MAY RISE
IN THE LAND WHERE THE SUN
SETS…”
Najib Hosni and Dalila Meziane
Tunisia Algeria
Co-laureates of the 4th
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
1996
“THE WIND HAS RISEN.
IT DOES NOT COME FROM THE WEST.
IT BLOWS FROM THE HEART OF CHINA...”
China
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
1998
“FREEDOM MUST BE SEEKED BETWEEN
PRISON WALLS”
Turkey
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2000
“IN THE PRISON WHERE YOU HOLD ME, I AM FREER THAN
YOU”
Iran
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2002
“SILENT GRAVES, LOVED DEAD,
AND UNGRATEFUL LIVING”
Co-laureates of
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2003
“I WAS NOT BORN TO BE CONSTRAINTED.
I WANT TO BREATH AS I WISH.”
Syria
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2004
“EARTH!” THE WORD THAT MARKS 500 YEARS OF STRUGGLE AGAINST OPPRESSION…
Brazil
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2005
“DON’T YOU FEEL A SHIVER THROUGH THE AIR,
WITH THE DISTANT SONG RISING…”
India
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2006
“BUT WE KNOW THAT EVIL CAN ALSO COME
FROM EVIL”
Cuba
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2007
“FREEDOM IS NOT ABOUT HAVING A GOOD MASTER, BUT ABOUT HAVING NONE”
Birmania
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2008
“BAOBAB, YOU COMPASSIONATE,
MAY YOUR MESSAGE QUICKLY DO ITS WORK”
Zimbabwe
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2009
“BUT THE LAW IS STRONGER THAN YOU”
Russia
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2010
“AND THERE IS NO DAY ON WHICH SOMEWHERE
SUMMER IS NOT BORN…”
Libya
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2011
“THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR FREEDOM, LOST IT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DEFEND IT."
Turkey
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2012
"ANOTHER COURT, INSENSITIVE TO THE LURE OF GOLD,
AWAITS YOU."
Kazakhstan
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2013
" THE DECLINE IN COURAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED THE BEGINNING OF THE END."
Egypt
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2014
“A CITIZEN’S DUTY BECOMES A CRIME WHEN IT MAKES US FORGET A MAN’S DUTY.”
Saudi Arabia
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2015
“PERMANENTLY FORCED TO BE NO LONGER WHAT SHE ONCE WAS, SHE REMAINS FOREVER THAT FOR WHICH SHE WAS DISTINGUISHED.”
China
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2016 (Refused)
“ACCEPTING SUFFERING FOR THE SAKE OF HIS IDEA OF HIS DUTIES TO OTHERS, THE DEFENDER NO LONGER TRANSFORMS: HE IS TRANSFIGURATED…”
United Arab Emirates
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2017
“I WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE BAN ON PRACTICING MY PROFESSION IS CANCELLED.”
Iran
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2018
“REMEMBERING IS EASY FOR THOSE WITH GOOD MEMORIES, BUT FORGETTING IS DIFFICULT FOR THOSE
WITH A HEART.”
Colombia
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2019
"THERE WAS NO OTHER HOPE THAN TO PAY ONE'S LIFE FOR THE RIGHT TO FINALLY BE JUDGED"
Turkey
Co-laureates of the
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2020
"BEYOND THE IDEAS OF GOOD AND EVIL,
THERE IS A SPACE"
Afghanistan
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2021
"NO, THE VELAYET-E-FAQUIH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PERMANENTLY PREVENT ANY REFORM IN IRAN"
Iran
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2022
"FULFILLING HER DUTY TO HER CLIENT BY GOING SO FAR
AS TO RISK AND LOSE HER PROFESSION
AND FREEDOM"
Belarus
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2023
"THUS, THESE PLACES OF JUSTICE HAVE BECOME TRAPS" "FATEFUL, WHERE IT SIMPLY THANKS TO COME AND WAIT FOR THE LAWYERS TO BE ABLE TO LOCK THEM UP IN TURN"
Myanmar
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2024
"OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THEN WILL BEGIN AGAIN EXTENDING WREATHS TO THE FIR TREES, TO SUMMONS THEM TO PROCLAIM THEMSELVES KINGS"
Russia
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2025
Imaan MAZARI and Hadi Ali CHATTHA
Pakistan
Co-laureates of the
Ludovic-Trarieux Prize
2026
Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
Since 1984
