The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.–based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).
It is awarded to those advancing the cause of human rights in the Americas.
The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award commemorates Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt, who in 1976 were assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of the Chilean secret service.
[1] Reverend Benjamin Chavis, Jr. Alfred "Skip" Robinson, United League of Mississippi Reverend William Wipfler, National Council of Churches The Congregation of Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic The Infant Formula Action Coalition Father J. Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference The Sanctuary Movement Reverend Charles Harper (Special Recognition Award) The Free South Africa Movement Frances Arbour (Special Recognition Award) Pete Seeger Washington Office on Latin America Charles L. Clements, M.D.
The National Labor Committee in Support of Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador Robert Scherrer (Special Recognition Award) Richard Trumka, President, United Mine Workers Union of America Father Jim Felts and Proyecto de Cristo Rey (Special Recognition Award) La Mujer Obrera, El Paso, Texas Sam Buffone and Michael Tigar, lawyers for the Letelier-Moffitt Case Saul Landau (Special Recognition Award) Marian Kramer and the National Welfare Rights Union Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) Rose Johnson, Georgia Project Director of the Center for Democratic Renewal Haitian Human Rights Platform Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Leo Valladares Sin Fronteras Organizing Project Alianza Civica Coordinacion Colombia-Europa Kensington Welfare Rights Union November Coalition All prior recipients honored Jobs with Justice Naúl Ojeda (Special Recognition Award, posthumously) CASA de Maryland Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Special Recognition Award) Military Families Speak Out Barrios Unidos Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign Appeal for Redress DC Vote (Special Recognition Award) Indian Workers Congress La Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica en El Salvador Honduras Human Rights Platform Guatemala National Police Archives Bethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico) The Chilean Students Movement (Confederation of Chilean Students) (Chile) All prior recipients honored The Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders Juan E. Méndez (Special Recognition Award) Almudena Bernabeu and the Center for Justice and Accountability All prior recipients honored Javier Rojas Uriana Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (DHUMA)