| Year | Recipient | Notes |
| 1994 | Amnesty International | For preventing and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. |
| 1995 | Greenpeace | For their campaign against underground nuclear testing. |
| 1996 | The Buddies and Carers of Europe | For support their HIV-positive friends. |
| 1997 | Landmine Survivors Network | For helping survivors to recover from war, rebuild their communities, and break cycles of violence. |
| 1998 | B92 | For the journalism and fighting for human rights. |
| 1999 | Bono | For his world peace work. |
| 2000 | Otpor! | For their role in the successful overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000. |
| 2001 | Treatment Action Campaign | For doing extraordinary work around HIV/AIDS in South Africa. |
| 2002 | FARE | For counter racism and xenophobia in European football. |
| 2003 | Aung San Suu Kyi | For leading the Burmese democracy movement. |
| 2004 | La Strada | For the organization's dedication to the fight against the trafficking of women and girls in Europe. |
| 2005 | Bob Geldof | For his charity work organizing the Live 8 concerts. |
| 2007 | Anton Abele | For his work against street violence following Riccardo Campogiani's death. |
| 2009 | Mikhail Gorbachev | For his involvement in the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| 2010 | Shakira | For her continuing dedication to improve access to education for all children around the world. |
