# Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award

The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.–based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). 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.

## 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. Ramón Custodio [es], President, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras The Sanctuary Movement 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) Pete Seeger |
| 1987 | Bishop Mario Melanio Medina (Paraguay) Washington Office on Latin America |
| 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 Kensington Welfare Rights Union |
| 2000 | Oscar Olivera, Coordinator in Defense of Water and Life (Bolivia) November Coalition |
| 2001 | 25th Anniversary All prior recipients honored |
| 2002 | Bishop Álvaro Ramazzini (Guatemala) Jobs with Justice Naúl Ojeda (Special Recognition Award, posthumously) |
| 2003 | Nancy Sanchez Mendez CASA de Maryland Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Special Recognition Award) |
| 2004 | Seymour Hersh Military Families Speak Out |
| 2005 | Judge Juan Guzmán Barrios Unidos |
| 2006 | Maher Arar and Center for Constitutional Rights Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign |
| 2007 | Senator Gustavo Petro (Colombia) Appeal for Redress 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 Guatemala National Police Archives |
| 2011 | Wisconsin Progressive Movement Bethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico) |
| 2012 | City Life/Vida Urbana The Chilean Students Movement (Confederation of Chilean Students) (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 |
| 2016 | 40th anniversary of the assassinations of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt All prior recipients honored |
| 2017 | Opal Tometi and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) Javier Rojas Uriana |
| 2018 | New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (DHUMA) |