Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award

Winners of the award

• 1981 – Gabriel Stern, journalist for Al Hamishmar
• 1982 – Yehuda Litani, Haaretz reporter in the occupied territories; special posthumous recognition to Dr. Robert Walsh, a Jewish journalist in Germany
• 1983 – Lieutenant Colonel Dov Yirmiya, for his activities promoting the welfare of civilians in Lebanon; this was the first year the award was named after Emil Grunzweig
• 1984 – Moshe Negbi, editor of the radio program "Din Udvarim"
• 1985 – Baruch Meiri, journalist for Maariv
• 1986 – Prof. Yitzhak Zamir, former legal advisor to the government
• 1987 – High court justice Zvi Berenson
• 1988 – Reporters in the occupied territories
• 1989 – Alice Shalvi, the founder of the Israel Women's Network
• 1990 – Yitzhak Kadman, head of the Israel National Council for the Child
• 1991 – Dr. Lotta Saltzburger, a founder of the Hotline for Victims of Violence
• 1992 – Bassem Eid, the founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group; special award to Mr. James Ya'acov Rosenthal, journalist, for his lifelong devotion to human rights
• 1993 – Eyal Simchoni, attorney
• 1994 – Yitzhak Clinton Bailey, campaigner for Bedouin rights
• 1995 – Foundation for aid to women and girls victims of violence in the Arab sector
• 1996 – Gideon Levy, Haaretz journalist
• 1997 – Community Defense, a legal organisation that assists residents of impoverished neighborhoods in obtaining their rights; the Gouarish family for agreeing to donate the organs of their son, killed by Israeli Defence Forces fire, to recipients both Jewish and Arab
• 1998 – Workers' Hotline, for their activities promoting the rights of foreign workers; Major General Hareven; special lifetime award to Shulamit Aloni
• 1999 – Physicians for Human Rights and its founder Ruchama Marton
• 2000 – Haaretz journalist Dr. Yossi Algazi
• 2002 – Miriam Darmoni Sharvit and Sigal Rosen of the hotline for foreign workers
• 2003 – the women of Machsom Watch, organization of Israeli women who monitor checkpoints
• 2004 – Hanna Safran, feminist
• 2006 – Adva Center for analysis of Israeli policy
• 2007 – Kolech, the religious Zionist feminist movement
• 2008 – The group for free legal aid for foreign workers at Tel Aviv University
• 2009 – Ruth and Paul Kedar of the Yesh Din organization for human rights