2008 - 2012
Irina Bokova, Bulgaria
Director-General of UNESCO; former Bulgarian Ambassador to France and Monaco; former Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
Prof. Dr. Theo van Boven, Netherlands
Professor emeritus of international Law at the University
of Maastricht; former UN-Special Rapporteur on the Question of Torture; former Director of the UN-Division for Human Rights; former Acting Registrar of the “International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia”
Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Iran
Lawyer; Former Teacher at the University of Tehran; Laureate of the Nobel Iran Peace Prize 2003; Founder and legal advisor of the Society for Protecting the Rights of Children in Iran
Dr. h.c. Gareth Evans, Australia
Chancellor of the Australian National University; President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group; Member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention; Former Foreign Minister of Australia; Laureate of the Four Freedoms Award for Freedom from Fear 2010
Prof. Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, India
Professor of History and Political Science; former leader of the Indian Delegation at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
Prof. Dr. Maurice Glèlè-Ahanhanzo, Benin
Professor of Law; Member of the UN Human Rights Committee; Member of the Constitutional Court of Benin; President of the Institute for Human Rights and Promotion of Democracy in Benin; he contributed as an expert to the draft of the “African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights”
Maître Daniel Jacoby, France
Lawyer; Secretary-General the Foundation »France Libertés«; Honorary President of the »Fédération Internationale des Ligues des France Droits de l'Homme« (F.I.D.H.)
Dani Karavan, Israel
Internationally highly reputed artist who created the "Way of Human Rights” in Nuremberg in 1993
Dr. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentina
Civil rights activist and sculptor; Laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 1980; Initiator of the “Coalition against Impunity"; founder member of the ecumenical Organisation “Service for Justice and Peace”
Dr. h.c. Sonia Picado, Costa Rica
Lawyer; President of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights; President of the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Torture; Former Ambassador of Costa Rica to the USA
Dr. Ulrich Maly, Germany
Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg