In 1947, theAmerican Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and theQuaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) (previously known as the Friends Service Council) jointly received theNobel Peace Prize on behalf of allQuakers around the world "for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations."^[1][2] The award was established in accordance toAlfred Nobel's will, specifically to individuals or groups "who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion ofpeace congresses."^[3]

As previous Nobel laureates are qualified to nominate annually according to the Nobel Foundation's statutes,^[4] AFSC and QPSW formed a Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Task Group which selects and recommends future Nobel laureates –individuals ororganizations – who they believe best manifests "the divine spark in action in the human family."^[5][6] Six of the ASFC Nobel nominees were eventually awarded namely toJohn Boyd Orr (1949),Dag Hammarskjöld (1961; posthumously),Martin Luther King Jr. (1964),Desmond Tutu (1984),Jimmy Carter (2002) andNihon Hidankyo (2024).

Before a final nominee is unanimously agreed by the AFSC Board and recommended to theNorwegian Nobel Committee, the Nominating Task Group spends ten months annually discerning, through heavy research, prayerful consideration and careful discussion.^[6] Aside from Alfred Nobel's criteria based on his 1895 will, the AFSC Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Task Group primarily observes the following criteria:^[6][7]

Year	Image	Nominee	Born	Died	Motivations
1948		Mahatma Gandhi	2 October 1869 inPorbandar,Gujarat, India	30 January 1948 inNew Delhi, India	"for advocating racial, social and political peace, and 'being a living incarnation of the ideal of peace itself' while leading the Indian nationalist movement in a non-violent struggle against British rule."	[8][9]
1949		John Boyd Orr	23 September 1880 inKilmaurs,East Ayrshire, United Kingdom	25 June 1971 inEdzell,Angus, United Kingdom	"for having initiated the founding of the International Emergency Food Council in 1946 to meet the urgent need to revive agricultural production in order to prevent the famine that threatened numerous countries in the world."	[10][9]
1950		André Trocmé	7 April 1901 inSaint-Quentin,Somme, France	5 June 1971 inGeneva,  Switzerland		[11][12][9]
		Wilhelm Mensching	5 October 1887 inLauenhagen, Germany	25 August 1964 inStadthagen,Lower Saxony, Germany
1951		Jawaharlal Nehru	14 November 1889 inPrayagraj,Uttar Pradesh, India	27 May 1964 inNew Delhi, India	"for establishing parliamentary government in India and for his neutralist foreign policy and for upholding the same principles as Gandhi."	[13]
1952		Benegal Narsing Rau	26 February 1887 inMangalore,Karnataka, India	30 November 1953 inZürich,  Switzerland	"for his contribution to bring about reconciliation between the Great Power Countries and the United Nations."	[14][9]
1953		William O. Douglas	16 October 1898 inMaine Township,Minnesota, United States	19 January 1980 inBethesda, Maryland, United States	"for his work to improve economic undeveloped areas."	[15][9]
1954		Frank Porter Graham	14 October 1886 inFayetteville, North Carolina, United States	16 February 1972 inChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States	"for his work as a university teacher and for his work in the United Nations."	[16][9]
1955		André Trocmé	7 April 1901 inSaint-Quentin,Somme, France	5 June 1971 inGeneva,  Switzerland		[11][12][9]
		Wilhelm Mensching	5 October 1887 inLauenhagen, Germany	25 August 1964 inStadthagen,Lower Saxony, Germany
1956		Elisabeth Rotten	15 February 1882 inBerlin, Germany	2 May 1962 inLondon, United Kingdom	"for her work for reconciliation and work inPestalozzi Children Village in Switzerland."	[17][9]
1957		Service Civil International	founded in 1920 inBelgiëlei,Antwerp, Belgium		"for its significant international voluntary work camps throughout the world, providing constructive opportunities for young people to work for peace, and directing their efforts towards both physical rehabilitation and the important rebuilding of international understanding and fellowship."	[18][9]
1958	No nomination
1959	No nomination
1960		Norman Cousins	24 June 1915 inWest Hoboken, New Jersey, United States	30 November 1990 inLos Angeles,California, United States		[19][9]
1961		Dag Hammarskjöld	29 July 1905 inJönköping, Sweden	18 September 1961 inNdola, Zambia		[20][9]
1962		Norman Cousins	24 June 1915 inWest Hoboken, New Jersey, United States	30 November 1990 inLos Angeles,California, United States	"for challenging the policy and practice of nuclear defense and warfare."	[21][9]
1963		Martin Luther King Jr.	15 January 1929 inAtlanta,Georgia, United States	4 April 1968 inMemphis, Tennessee, United States	"for his work and witness which promotes the dignity and worth of the human person."	[22]
1964
1965		Norman Cousins	24 June 1915 inWest Hoboken, New Jersey, United States	30 November 1990 inLos Angeles,California, United States	"for challenging the policy and practice of nuclear defense and warfare."	[23][9]
1966	No nomination
1967		U Thant	22 January 1909 inPantanaw,Maubin, Myanmar	25 December 1974 inNew York City, United States	"for his work asSecretary General of the United Nations, wherein he is a most important international civil servant and is deeply and spiritually dedicated to the bringing of real peace to mankind."	[24][25][9]
1968
1969		Danilo Dolci	28 June 1924 inSežana, Slovenia	30 December 1997 inTrappeto,Palermo, Italy	"for his continuous work helping the desperately poor in western Sicily and his considerable success in leading them in nonviolent ways."	[26][9]
1970		International Fellowship of Reconciliation	August 1914 inAmsterdam, Netherlands		"for their service to peace, humanity, and reconciliation."	[27][9]
		United States Fellowship of Reconciliation	November 1915 inGarden City,New York, United States
1971		Cesar Chavez	31 March 1927 inYuma, Arizona, United States	23 April 1993 inSan Luis, Arizona, United States	"for the quality of leadership he has shown in the long struggle of farmworkers for human dignity and, through persevering efforts, seeks to combat poverty and injustice and build a new quality of relationship between men."	[28][9]
1972		U Thant	22 January 1909 inPantanaw,Maubin, Myanmar	25 December 1974 inNew York City, United States		[24][9]
1973		Hélder Câmara	7 February 1909 inFortaleza,Ceará, Brazil	27 August 1999 inRecife,Pernambuco, Brazil		[9]
1974 1975		Cesar Chavez	31 March 1927 inYuma, Arizona, United States	23 April 1993 inSan Luis, Arizona, United States		[9]
		Hélder Câmara	7 February 1909 inFortaleza,Ceará, Brazil	27 August 1999 inRecife,Pernambuco, Brazil
1976		Committee of Cooperation for Peace in Chile	October 1973 inSantiago, Chile			[9]
1977	No nomination
1978		Stephen Biko	18 December 1946 inTarkastad,Eastern Cape, South Africa	12 September 1977 inPretoria,Gauteng, South Africa		[9]
1979		Ham Seok-heon	13 March 1901 Yomju,North Pyongan, North Korea	4 February 1989 Seoul, South Korea	"for his lifelong commitment to peace and democracy, becoming an important Asian voice for human rights and non-violence known as 'seed idea' (ssi-al sasang)."	[29][30][9]
1980		Danilo Dolci	28 June 1924 inSežana, Slovenia	30 December 1997 inTrappeto,Palermo, Italy		[9]
1981		Desmond Tutu	7 October 1931 inKlerksdorp,Transvaal, South Africa	26 December 2021 inCape Town,Western Cape, South Africa		[9]
1982
1983		Mattityahu Peled	20 July 1923 inHaifa, Israel	10 March 1995 inJerusalem, Israel		[9]
		Issam Sartawi	1935 inAcre, Palestine	10 April 1983 inAlbufeira,Faro, Portugal
1984		United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea	December 1982 inMontego Bay, Jamaica			[9]
1986		Brian Urquhart	28 February 1919 inBridport,Dorset, United Kingdom	2 January 2021 inTyringham, Massachusetts, United States	"for his unparalleled contributions and significant role in the foundation of theUnited Nations."	[9]
1987
1988		Inga Thorsson	3 July 1915 inMalmö, Sweden	15 January 1994 inStockholm, Sweden		[9]
		Gro Harlem Brundtland	20 April 1939 inBærum,Akershus, Norway	(aged86)
1989		Antonio Fortich	11 August 1913 inSibulan, Negros Oriental, Philippines	2 July 2003 inBacolod,Negros Occidental, Philippines	"for being a strong advocate of the rights of the poor and a critic of an unjust social economic system."	[9]
1990		Elise M. Boulding	6 July 1920 inOslo, Norway	24 June 2010 inNeedham, Massachusetts, United States	"for her work on non-violence and conflict resolution, and as a major contributor to creating the academic discipline ofPeace and Conflict Studies."	[9]
1991		Jimmy Carter	1 October 1924 inPlains, Georgia, United States	29 December 2024 inPlains, Georgia, United States		[9]
1992		Moon Ik-hwan	2 June 1918 inLongjing, Jilin, China	18 January 1994 inFukuoka, Japan		[9]
1993		Beyers Naudé	10 May 1915 inRoodepoort,Gauteng, South Africa	7 September 2004 inJohannesburg, South Africa	"for his role in the dismantling of apartheid, as fighter for human rights, and prophet and humane pastor to all who suffered under apartheid."	[9]
1994		Sulak Sivaraksa	27 March 1933 inBangkok, Thailand	(aged92)	"for his commitment in the quest for a development process that is rooted in democracy, justice and cultural integrity."	[9]
1995		Ibrahim Rugova	2 December 1944 inCerrca, Kosovo	21 January 2006 inPristina, Kosovo	"for his lifelong sacrifice and campaign for peace and democracy in Kosovo and for all the people of Kosovo."	[9]
1996		Preah Maha Ghosananda	23 May 1913 inTreang,Takéo, Cambodia	12 March 2007 inNorthampton, Massachusetts, United States		[9]
1997		Jimmy Carter	1 October 1924 inPlains, Georgia, United States	29 December 2024 inPlains, Georgia, United States		[9]
1998		Samuel Ruíz García	3 November 1924 inGuanajuato, Mexico	24 January 2011 inMexico City, Mexico	"for his exemplary struggle to translate moral and religious principles into a model for human service."	[9]
1999		Helen Prejean,C.S.J.	21 April 1939 inBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United States	(aged86)	"for her religious voice of great clarity and challenge on the inhumanity of state-sponsored executions."	[31]
2000		Denis Halliday	10 January 1941 inDublin, Ireland	(aged85)		[9]
		Kathy Kelly	10 December 1952 inChicago,Illinois, United States	(aged73)
2001		Peace Brigades International	founded in 1981 inLondon, United Kingdom			[9]
2002		Community of Sant'Egidio	founded in 1968 inRome, Italy			[9]
2003		Women in Black	founded in January 1988 inJerusalem, Israel			[9]
2004		Zackie Achmat	21 March 1962 inVrededorp, Gauteng,South Africa	(aged63)	"for having helped to galvanize a global movement to provide hope and gain access to treatment for those withHIV andAIDS."	[9][32]
		Treatment Action Campaign	founded in December 1998 inCape Town,South Africa
2005		Nihon Hidankyō	founded in August 1956 inShibadaimon,Minato, Tokyo,Japan		"for its contribution to the struggle for peace and for sanity in the management and perhaps the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons."	[9][33]
2006		Ghassan Andoni	1956 inBeit Sahour,Bethlehem, Palestine	(aged70)	"for their work to increase co-operation and understanding and their determination to strive for equality between their peoples within the framework of sovereign and democratic states."	[9]
		Jeff Halper	28 November 1946 inBoston,Massachusetts, United States	(aged79)
2007		Peace Community of San José de Apartadó	March 1997 inApartadó,Antioquia, Colombia			[9]
		Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas del Norte del Cauca	January 1994 inSantander de Quilichao,Cauca, Colombia
2008		Aminatou Haidar	24 July 1966 inLaayoune, Western Sahara	(aged59)		[9]
2009	No nomination.
2010		Roy Bourgeois	15 December 1938 inLutcher, Louisiana, United States	(aged87)		[9]
		School of the Americas Watch	founded in 1990 inWashington, D.C., United States
2011	No nomination.
2012		Hawa Abdi	17 May 1947 inMogadishu, Somalia	5 August 2020 inMogadishu, Somalia		[34]
2013		Gene Sharp	21 January 1928 inNorth Baltimore, Ohio, United States	28 January 2018 inBoston,Massachusetts, United States	"for devoting the majority of his 84 years to studying nonviolent action, documenting the history of the strategies employed, analyzing how these techniques operate, and making the results accessible to the widest possible audience."	[35]
2014	No nomination
2015		Victor Ochen	16 September 1981 inLira, Uganda	(aged44)	"for their work for transitional justice, while simultaneously promoting human rights through nonviolent means, nourishing the leadership skills of other young people, and challenging systemic issues that lead to the continued vulnerability and suffering of war victims."	[36][37]
		African Youth Initiative Network	founded in 2005 inLira, Uganda
2016		Nonviolent Peaceforce	founded in 2003 inNew Delhi, India (headquartered inGeneva,  Switzerland)		"for fostering dialogue among parties in conflict, reducing violence and nonviolently protecting unarmed civilians worldwide."	[38]
2017		Community Peacemaker Teams	1984 inChicago,Illinois, United States			[39]
2018		Search for Common Ground	founded in 1982 inWashington, D.C., United States		"for having made a profound impact in our world, inspiring and equipping people to find our shared humanity."	[40]
2019	The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize nominee asked that AFSC not publicize the nomination at this time.					[41]
2020	No nomination
2021		Mwatana for Human Rights	founded in 2007 inSana'a, Yemen		"for their work during and after the two world wars to feed starving children and help Europe rebuild itself"	[42]
		Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)	founded in 1974 inLondon, United Kingdom
2022		Miriam Were	12 April 1940 inKakamega,Western Province, Kenya	(aged85)	"for her tireless work since the 1970s in promoting trust between governments, health authorities, and the citizenry through culturally sensitive programs."	[43]
2023		Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC)	founded in 2019 inOrlando, Florida, United States		"for their work in building democracies, supporting the human right to representation by government, and working towards a better organized and peaceful world."	[44]
		National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)	founded in June 1913 inNairobi, Kenya
2024	No nomination
2025	No nomination

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