2022 Nobel Peace Prize

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties. The prize was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo on 7 October 2022.

The citation

The citation reads: "The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.". They share the prize equally.

The laureates

Ales Bialiatski was born in 1962 in Vyartsilya, Karelia, Russia. Memorial was founded in 1987. The Center for Civil Liberties was founded in 2007.

Why it matters

The prize honours a human rights advocate from Belarus, Ales Bialiatski, and human rights organisations in Russia and Ukraine, Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties.

The prize

The prize is worth 10 million Swedish kronor, divided between the laureates. It will be presented in Oslo on 10 December, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite whose will founded the prizes in 1895.