The Civil Courage Prize is a human rights award which recognizes "steadfast resistance to evil at great personal risk—rather than military valor.
[1][further explanation needed] The goal of the prize is not to create a "ranking", but "to draw attention individually to some extraordinary heroes of conscience.
[1][4] In 2022, the board of trustees consisted of seven members:[2] Since 2000, the foundation has awarded the Civil Courage Prize one or two activists each year.
[8] Seven posthumous award winners have also been named, ranging from Swedish businessman Raoul Wallenberg, who worked to save the lives of Hungarian Jews during World War II, to Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, assassinated in 2004.
[9] In 2004 and 2005, the Foundation also awarded "Certificates of Distinction in Civil Courage" to selected prize finalists.