Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies. It is awarded to those advancing the cause of human rights in the Americas. The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award commemorates Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt, who in 1976 were assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of the Chilean secret service. It was first presented in 1978.[1]
Award recipients
| 1978 | Samuel Rubin
Reverend Benjamin Chavis, Jr. |
| 1979 | The Association of Relatives of Disappeared People, Chile
Alfred "Skip" Robinson, United League of Mississippi |
| 1980 | The Legal Aid Office of the Archdiocese of San Salvador
Reverend William Wipfler, National Council of Churches |
| 1981 | Jacobo Timerman
The Congregation of Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic |
| 1982 | Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns of São Paulo, Brazil
The Infant Formula Action Coalition |
| 1983 | Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) of Argentina
Father J. Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference |
| 1984 | Dr. Ramon Custodio, President, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras
Reverend Charles Harper (Special Recognition Award) |
| 1985 | The Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM) of Guatemala
The Free South Africa Movement Frances Arbour (Special Recognition Award) |
| 1986 | The Vicariate of Solidarity (Chile) |
| 1987 | Bishop Mario Melanio Medina (Paraguay) |
| 1988 | Radio Soleil (Haiti)
Charles L. Clements, M.D. |
| 1989 | The Union of Indigenous Nations of Brazil
The National Labor Committee in Support of Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador Robert Scherrer (Special Recognition Award) |
| 1990 | The National Human Rights Coordinating Committee of Peru
Richard Trumka, President, United Mine Workers Union of America Father Jim Felts and Proyecto de Cristo Rey (Special Recognition Award) |
| 1991 | Jorge Gomez Lizarazo, President, Regional Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, Barrancabermeja, Colombia
La Mujer Obrera, El Paso, Texas |
| 1992 | Evans Paul, Mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Sam Buffone and Michael Tigar, lawyers for the Letelier-Moffitt Case Saul Landau (Special Recognition Award) |
| 1993 | Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia and Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico
Marian Kramer and the National Welfare Rights Union |
| 1994 | Harry Belafonte (Special Recognition Award)
Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) |
| 1995 | Jennifer Harbury (Special Recognition Award)
Rose Johnson, Georgia Project Director of the Center for Democratic Renewal Haitian Human Rights Platform |
| 1996 | Pharis Harvey (Special Recognition Award)
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Leo Valladares |
| 1997 | The Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones (Special Recognition Award, posthumously)
Sin Fronteras Organizing Project Alianza Civica |
| 1998 | Rose Sanders
Coordinacion Colombia-Europa |
| 1999 | Juan Garces |
| 2000 | Oscar Olivera, Coordinator in Defense of Water and Life (Bolivia) |
| 2001 | 25th Anniversary
All prior recipients honored |
| 2002 | Bishop Álvaro Ramazzini (Guatemala)
Naúl Ojeda (Special Recognition Award, posthumously) |
| 2003 | Nancy Sanchez Mendez
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Special Recognition Award) |
| 2004 | Seymour Hersh |
| 2005 | Judge Juan Guzmán
Barrios Unidos |
| 2006 | Maher Arar and Center for Constitutional Rights
Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign |
| 2007 | Senator Gustavo Petro (Colombia)
DC Vote (Special Recognition Award) |
| 2008 | Francisco Soberón and the Asociación Pro-Derechos Humanos (Peru)
Indian Workers Congress |
| 2009 | Domestic Workers United
La Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica en El Salvador |
| 2010 | National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)
Honduras Human Rights Platform |
| 2011 | Wisconsin Progressive Movement
Bethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico) |
| 2012 | City Life/Vida Urbana
The Chilean Students Movement (Confederación de Estudiantes Chilenos) (Chile) |
| 2013 | 50th anniversary of IPS
All prior recipients honored |
| 2014 | Robin Reineke of the Colibrí Center for Human Rights
The Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders Juan E. Méndez (Special Recognition Award) |
| 2015 | Daryl Atkinson and the Southern Center for Social Justice
Almudena Bernabeu and the Center for Justice and Accountability |