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Aurora Prize

HIGHLIGHTS

LAUREATE

HUMANITARIANS

EXPERT PANEL

SELECTION COMMITTEE

SELECTION PROCESS

SELECTION COMMITTEE

The Aurora Prize Selection Committee is comprised of Nobel Laureates, former presidents, prominent political figures, highly respected humanitarians and well-known human rights activists dedicated to recognizing modern-day heroes and the exceptional impact their actions have made on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes in the face of adversity. Every year, members of the Selection Committee review a shortlist of candidates and select the Aurora Humanitarians to later name one of them the Aurora Prize Laureate.

Co-Chair

Co-founder, The Sentry; Humanitarian, performer and film maker

Member

Two-time President of Costa Rica; Nobel Laureate

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Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London

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Human Rights Lawyer and Iran's first female judge; Nobel Laureate

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President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group; Former Australian Foreign Minister

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Liberian peace activist and women’s rights advocate; Nobel Laureate

Vartan Gregorian (1934 - 2021)

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Co-founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative; President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Former United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders

Bernard Kouchner

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Co-founder, Médecins Sans Frontières; Former French Foreign Minister

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Former US Ambassador to the United Nations

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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland

Ernesto Zedillo

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Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; Former President of Mexico