The Freedom of Speech Award honors persons or organisations for their exceptional contributions to the fight for or in defence of free speech, or creating conditions and supporting efforts promoting freedom of speech.
The winner receives a medal of freedom of speech.
Every year laureates are honored at a gala dinner in Warsaw, Poland and given an award.
The first award was given on June, 4th 2013 to organization Reporters Without Borders and the award ceremony was attended by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa.
[2] This list includes the recipients of the award as recorded at the official IAPC website.