Daw Aung Suu Kyis

International Awards, Honors & Appointments

(1990-2012)

No.

Awards/Honors

Institution/Place

Year

1.

Honorary Fellow

St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK

1990

2.

Rafto Prize

Thorolf Rafto Human Right Foundation,

Norway

1990

3.

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of

Thought

European Parliament

1990

4.

Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Foundation, Oslo, Norway

1991

5.

Honorary Member

International PEN, Norwegian Center

1991

Humanities Human Rights

Award

USA

1991

7.

Honorary Member

International PEN, Canadian Center

1991

8.

Marisa Bellisario Prize

Marisa Bellisario Foundation, Italy

1992

9.

Annual Award

International Human Rights Law Group,

USA

1992

6.

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Honorary President

Students' Union, London School of

Economics and Political Science, UK

1992

11.

Honorary Member

International PEN, English Center, UK

1992

12.

Honorary Life Member

University of London Union, UK

1992

13.

Honorary Professional
Fellowship

Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka

1992

14.

International Simon Bolivar

Prize

UNESCO

1992

15.

Prix Litteraire des Droits de

l'Homme

Nouveaux Droits de l'Homme, France

1992

16.

Honorary Member

World Commission on Culture and

Development-UNESCO

1992

17.

Honorary Doctorate in Political

Science

Thammasat University, Thailand

1992

18.

Member

Academie Universelle des Cultures,

Paris, France

1993

Rose Prize

Arbejderbevgelsens Internationale
Forum/ International Forum of the
Danish Labour Movement, Copenhagen,
Denmark

Victor Jara International

Human Rights Award

Center for Human Rights and

Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, USA

21.

Member of the Advisory Board

Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for

Health and Human Rights, Harvard
University, USA

1993

22.

Honorary Doctorate of Law

University of Toronto, Canada

1993

19.

20.

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1993

1993

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Freedom of the City

Commune of Giugliano, Italy

1993

24.

Bremen Solidarity Prize

City of Bremen, Germany

1993

25.

Premio Mujer Progresista

Federacion Mujeres Progresistas/Spanish

Federation of Progressive Women,
Madrid, Spain

1993

26.

Honorary Doctorate Philosophy

& Letters

Free University of Brussels, Belgium

1994

27.

Honorary Advisor

Forum of Democratic Leaders in the

Asia-Pacific

1994

28.

Freedom of the City

City of Aversa, Italy

1995

29.

Liberal International Prize for

Freedom

Liberal International, Britains Liberal

Democracy Party, UK

1995

30.

Honorary Doctorate of Laws

Queen's University, Canada

1995

31.

Thakore Visiting Scholar Award

Simon Fraser University, Canada

1995

32.

Honorary Doctorate of Civil

Law

University of Oxford, UK

33.

Gandhi Award

Simon Fraser University, Canada

1995

34.

IRC Freedom Award

International Rescue Committee

1995

35.

Jawaharlal Nehru Award for

International Understanding
(for 1993)
Asia Human Rights Award

India

1995

Federation of Human Rights of Asia,

Japan

1996

Australia

1996

36.

37.

Companion of the Order of

1995

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38.

National Democratic Institute, USA

1996

39.

W. Averell Harriman
Democracy Award
Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Award

Art and Culture Foundation, India

1996

40.

Empty Chair Award

Women of the Year Lunch, London, UK

1996

41.

Liberal International Prize

UK

1996

42.

Honorary Doctorate of Legal

Sciences

Charles University in Prague, Czech

Republic

1997

43.

Honorary Doctorate of Letters

Sydney University of Technology,

Australia

1997

44.

Honorary Doctorate of Letters

California Chapman University, USA

1997

45.

Honorary Doctorate of Law

University of Natal, South Africa

1997

46.

Honorary Doctorate of Law

47.

Distinguished Alumni Award

American University, Washington D.C,

USA
Central University/Delhi University,
India

48.

Honorary Citizenship

City of Rome, Italy

May 23, 1997

49.

Pearl S. Buck Womans Award

Pearl S. Buck Foundation, USA

1997

50.

Honorary Doctorate of Letters

Glasgow University, UK

1997

51.

Woman of the Year Award

Pearl S. Buck Foundation, USA

1997

52.

International Award

St. Angela's Peace and Justice Group,

Waterford, Republic of Ireland

1997

1997

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1997

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53.

Profiles in Courage Award

Kennedy Society of Denmark, Denmark

54.

Honorary Doctorate of Law

Cambridge University, UK

June 1998

55.

Freedom of the City

Oxford, UK

1998

56.

Honorary Doctorate of Laws

University of Wales, Cardiff

1998

57.

Honorary Doctorate of Laws

University of Bristol, UK

1998

58.

Honorary Doctorate of Laws

University of Melbourne, Australia

1998

59.

Honorary Degree

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

December 1998

60.

Honorary Degree

University of Bath, UK

December 1998

61.

Honorary Degree

Bucknell University, USA

May 1999

62.

Freedom Award

International Republican Institute, USA

October 1999

63.

Freedom of the City of Dublin

City of Dublin, Republic of Ireland

November 1999

64.

CAW Nelson Mandela Human

Rights Award

Canadian Auto Workers, Canada

December 2000

65.

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Award

Washington DC, USA

December 6, 2000

66.

Collage United Nations Award

Richard Hillinger, Germany

June 2001

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International Social Welfare

Prize

University of Southern California, USA

December 8, 2001

68.

Madanjeet Singh Prize for the

Promotion of Tolerance and
Non-Violence

UNESCO

2002

Al Neuharth Free Spirit of the

Year Award

Freedom Forum/ U.S Foundation,

Washington, USA

2003

70.

MTV Humanitarian Award

Free Your Mind

MTV Europe, Edinburgh, UK

2003

71.

Honorary Doctorate of Laws

Memorial University of Newfoundland,

Canada

2004

72.

Honorary Doctorate in Politics,

Philosophy, and Economics

Rangsit University, Thailand

2004

73.

TIME 100, The Most Influential

People in the World Today

TIME Magazine

2004

74.

Kwangju Human Rights Award

May 18 Memory Foundation, South

Korea

2004

75.

TIMEs Asias Hero 2004

TIME Magazine

2004

76.

The Honorary Citizen

Town Hall of Paris, France

2004

77.

Outstanding Women in
Buddhism Award

Outstanding Women in Buddhism

Award Committee, United Nations
Gender and Religious Department

2005

Honorary Doctorate in Political

Science

Thammasat University, Thailand

2005

Freedom of the City

Council of Edinburgh, Scotland

2005

69.

78.

79.

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Freedom of the City

Galway City, Republic of Ireland

2005

81.

UNISON Honorary Membership

UNISON, Britains Largest Trade Union

2005

82.

Olof Palme Prize

Olof Palme Memorial Fund, Stockholm,

Sweden

2006

83.

Freedom from Fear Award

(Four Freedom Medals)

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute,

Hyde Park, NY, USA

2006

84.

New Statesmen Magazine Hero

New Statesmen Magazine

May 2006

85.

Netaji Subhas Award

Netaji Subhas Foundation, Kolkata,

India

2006

86.

Honorary Doctorate of Law

(Human Rights Activist)

University of Cape Town, South Africa

2007

87.

Freedom of the City

City of Glasgow, Scotland

2007

88.

Honorary Citizenship

Canada

2007

89.

Special Award for Lifetime

Achievement in Politics

PSA, UK

November 2007

90.

Rome for Peace and

Humanitarian Action

City of Rome, Italy

2007

91.

Abogados de Atocha Prize

Abogados de Atocha Foundation, Spain

January 2008

92.

Honorary Doctorate of Letters

93.

Congressional Gold Medal

94.

Honorary Canadian Citizenship

Colgate University, USA

Congresss highest civilian honor,
Congress, USA
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada

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2008
April 25, 2008
May 6, 2008

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Freedom of the City

City of Dundee, Scotland

June 10, 2008

Generalitat de Catalunya, Catalan

Government, Barcelona, Spain

November 2008

96.

Catalonia International Prize

2008, MOTHERS OF
COURAGE (shard with Dr.
Cynthia Maung),

97.

Honorary Membership

Club de Madrid, Club of Madrid, Spain

November 20, 2008

Honorary Council Member

The Council of Women World Leaders,

Washington, DC, USA

December 20, 2008

99.

Trumpet of Conscience Award

Realizing the Dream, a non-profit

Organization set up in honor of Civil
Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., Hyatt Regency Capital Hilton,
Washington, USA

100.

Freedom of the City of Glasgow

Mahatma Gandhi International
Award for Peace and
Reconciliation MAGI Awards
Democracy and Peace Award of
Japanese Diet Members League

98.

101.
102.

103.

Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Award

for Democracy Instituted

104.

The Honorary Doctor of Laws

(LLD)

105.

The Ambassador of Conscience

Award

106.
107
108.
109.
110.
111.

Honorary Individual
Membership
Honorary Fellowship
Queen of Myanmars
Democracy and Human Rights
Honorary Degree Doctor of
Law
Global Leadership Award
(Trail-Blazer) Voice of Decade
The 2011 TIME 100 Poll (the

Glasgow, Scotland
The Gandhi Development Trust (GDT),
Durban, South Africa

January 19, 2009

March 4, 2009
May 22, 2009

Japanese Diet Members League in

support of Democracy in Myanmar,
Tokyo, Japan
The Pakistan Peoples Party, Islamabad,
Pakistan
Derrys Millennium Forum, the
University of Ulster in Derry, Ireland,
UK
The Recipient of Amnesty Internationals
highest honorary (Irish Band U2 is
publicly announcing Aung San Suu Kyis
award Monday night at a Dublin
Concert.)
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
(CALD)
John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Manav Ekta Parishad, India

2009
November 25, 2010

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

February 22, 2011

Vita Voices Global Partnership, USA

April 12, 2011

By: Lehkhabu Khawvel

June 19, 2009

June 21, 2009

June 24, 2009

July 27, 2009

June 29, 2009

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113.

114.

115.
116.
117.
118.

119.
120.
121.

100 Most Influential People in

the World)
Eleanor Roosevelt Awards for
Global Womens Rights
Freedom of the City (an
Honorary Freewoman of the city
of Brighton & Hove)
Cte Saint-Luc Human Rights
Walkway
Doctor Litterarum et
Philosophiae (honoris causa)
(An Honorary Doctoral Degree)
Chatham House Prize 2011
Wallenberg Medal
The National Order of the
Legion of Honour (The highest
level award of France) Awarded
by French President
Doctor of Laws Honorary
Degree
Bhagwan Mahvir World Peace
Congressional Gold Medal &
Presidential Medal of Freedom
(The highest civilian honour in
the United States)

Times Magazine, USA

April 21, 2011

Feminist Majority Foundation, USA

April 26, 2011

Brighton & Hove City Council, UK

May 19, 2011

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park, The City of

Cte Saint-Luc, Qubec, Canada
University of Johannesburg (UJ), South
African

June 6, 2011
June 24, 2011

The Royal Institute of International

Affairs, Chatham House, UK
University of Michigan, USA

September 22, 2011

Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur),

France

January 13, 2012

The University of Hong Kong

March 15, 2012

Sarhad Organization of Pune City, India

April 2, 2012

USA

September 19, 2012

By: Lehkhabu Khawvel

2011

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