Ambassador of Conscience Award
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The Ambassador of Conscience Award is Amnesty International's most prestigious human rights award. It is given annually to individuals who show exceptional leadership in the fight to protect and promote human rights.
The inspiration for the award comes from a poem by Irish Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney called "The Republic of Conscience."
[edit] Recipients
- 2006 - Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa
- 2005 - U2 and their manager Paul McGuinness
- 2004 - Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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- - Hilda Morales Trujillo, Guatemalan women's rights activist
- 2003 - Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic
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