1994

Marianne Heiberg-Holst of Norway for mediating between Israel and the PLO

1995

John Hume of Northern Ireland for mediating between the IRA and the British government

1996

Monsenior Gregorio Rosa Chavez for mediating between the Guerilla and the government in El Salvador

1997

Hans Koschnik for mediating as EU-Administrator in Mostar

1998

General a. D. Alexander Lebed, Gouverneur of the Krasnojarsk Region, for his mediation efforts to end the First Chechenyan War

1999

US-Senator a. D. George J. Mitchell for his mediation efforts to end the Cnflict in Northern Ireland

2000

Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish President, for his mediation efforts to end the Kosovo War

2001

Former High Commissioner of the OSCE for National Minorities Max van der Stoel of the Netherlands for his politics of prevention, that had contributed to solving conflicts in Estnia and Latvia, in Slowakia and in Romania peacefully

2003

UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan, the Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi, for his benefits in the Afghan peace process

2004

Hans Blix, former Executive Director of the UN Monitoring, Verfication and Inspection Commission in Iraq (UNMOVIC) and former Swedish Foreign Minister, for his steadfastiness in his work as Head of UNMOVIC

2005

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for his dedication to a nonviolent solution of the Tibet-China-conflict

2006

Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim for his efforts for mutual understanding in the Middle East

2007

High UN Representative to Bosnia and Hercegovina Christian Schwarz-Schilling for mediating in the Balkans

2008

US Senator Sam Nunn for his commitment to nuclear disarmanent and for combatting nuclear terrorism

2009

Kenyan Peace Activist Ms. Dekha Ibrahim Abdi for mediating in interreligious and interethnic conflicts on a local level worldwide

2010

Palestinian Ismail Khatib for his efforts to bring about peace in the Middle East

2011

Sadako Ogata, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees for her dedication to help people in humanitarian crises

2012

Elisabeth Decrey Warner, co-founder of human rights organisation "Geneva Call" for her fight against land mines and for persuading several violent non-state actors to accept international humanitarian law

2013

The nigerian Imam Dr. Muhammad Ashafa and the Pastor Dr. James Wuye for their cooperative initiative against the interreligious conflict between christians and muslims in Nigeria and further countries