2015 Nobel Peace Prize
{{Infobox award
| name = 20px 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
| subheader = Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
| awarded_for =
| presenter = Norwegian Nobel Committee
| year = 1901
| website = {{oweb|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2015/summary/}}
| holder_label = 2015 laureate
| holder =
| image = Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet Visit to Vienna March 2016 (25285867191).jpg
| caption = "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011."
| host =
| date = {{plainlist|
- {{Start date|2015|10|09|df=y}} (announcement by Kaci Kullmann Five)
- 10 December 2015
(ceremony)
}}
| location = Oslo, Norway
| reward = 8 million SEK ($1M, €0.9M)
| previous = 2014
| main = Nobel Peace Prize
| next = 2016
}}
The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/09/who-are-the-tunisia-national-dialogue-quartet-nobel-peace-prize-winner|title = Who are the Tunisian national dialogue quartet?| newspaper=The Guardian |date = 9 October 2015| last1=Borger | first1=Julian }} (founded in 2013) for "its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".{{cite web|title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 - Press Release|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2015/press.html|website=Nobelprize.org|publisher=Nobel Media AB 2014|access-date=9 October 2015}}
The National Dialogue Quartet was formed in 2013 and comprises four organizations in Tunisian civil society:
- The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT, Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail)
- The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA, Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat)
- The Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH, La Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme)
- The Tunisian Order of Lawyers (Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie).
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually to those who 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 of peace congresses"."Nobel Peace Prize", The Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth Century World History
Tunisian singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKcGgYnm6Bs sang Kelmti Horra during the award ceremony] at City Hall in Oslo, Norway, on December 11, 2015.
Nominations
The Norwegian Nobel Committee received 273 different nominations for the Peace Prize. 68 of these nominations were for organizations and 205 for persons. It is the second highest number of candidates as of 2015, after 278 in 2014.{{cite web|title=Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/|publisher=Nobel Prize Committee|access-date=6 October 2015}}
Many news media speculated about who would be awarded. The award was a surprise to many. Media favourites included German Chancellor Angela Merkel for admitting large numbers of refugees and migrants to Germany in the European migrant crisis, American and Iranian foreign ministers John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif for the Iran nuclear deal, Pope Francis for his assistance in the United States–Cuban Thaw, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Timoleón Jiménez for the peace process in the Colombian conflict, and Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege who treats victims of sexual violence and has been nominated for this before.{{cite news|last1=Freeman|first1=Colin|title=When is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded and who should win it this year?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/11913428/Who-should-win-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize.html|access-date=6 October 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=6 October 2015}}{{cite news|title=Nobel peace prize: top contenders for 2015 award|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/06/nobel-peace-prize-top-contenders-for-2015-award|access-date=6 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=6 October 2015}}{{cite web|title=Merkel tipped among Nobel Peace Prize favorites|url=http://www.dw.com/en/merkel-tipped-among-nobel-peace-prize-favorites/a-18757768|publisher=Deutsche Welle|access-date=6 October 2015}}
The Venezuelan human rights organization Foro Penal, which provides legal assistance pro bono to people subject of arbitrary detentions and their relatives in the country, was also nominated by 36 Chilean deputies, academics and representatives of other parliaments.{{cite web |date=22 February 2015 |title=Foro Penal Venezolano, nominado al Premio Nobel de la Paz |url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2015/02/22/foro-penal-venezolano-nominado-al-premio-nobel-de-la-paz/ |access-date=5 April 2018 |website=La Patilla}}
Committee
{{main|Norwegian Nobel Committee#Members 2015}}
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. For the 2015 award, the members were:{{cite web|url=http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_intro/members/|title=Committee members|publisher=Norwegian Nobel Committee|access-date=6 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006130319/http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_intro/members/|archive-date=6 October 2015}}
- Kaci Kullmann Five (chair since March 2015, born 1951), former member of Parliament and cabinet minister for the Conservative Party. Member of the committee since 2003.
- Berit Reiss-Andersen (deputy chair, born 1954), advocate (barrister) and president of the Norwegian Bar Association, former state secretary for the Minister of Justice and the Police (representing the Labour Party). Member of the Committee since 2011.
- Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (1941–2021), member of Parliament for the Progress Party. Member of the committee since 2000.
- Thorbjørn Jagland (born 1950), former Member of Parliament and President of the Storting and former prime minister for the Labour Party, current secretary general of the Council of Europe. Chair of the committee from 2009 to March 2015.
- Henrik Syse (born 1966), research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Member of the committee since 2015.
See also
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