Magnitsky Awards 2015
Winners
Andrew Rettman
JOURNALIST
Award Winner
Outstanding European Coverage of the Magnitsky Case
James O’Brien
JOURNALIST, RADIO PRESENTER AND PODCASTER
Award Winner
Outstanding British Coverage of the Magnitsky Case
Guy Verhofstadt
FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF BELGIUM AND CURRENT MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Award Winner
Outstanding Campaigning European Politician
Jim McGovern
UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN
Award Winner
Outstanding Campaigning US Politician
Oslo Freedom Forum
GLOBAL CONFERENCE
Award Winner
Outstanding Human Rights Activism
Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
NGO
Award Winner
Outstanding Investigative Journalism
Geoffrey Robertson QC
QUEEN’S COUNSEL
Award Winner
Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights Law
Irwin Cotler
FORMER MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, LONG-TIME MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER
Award Winner
Outstanding Contribution to the Global Magnitsky Campaign
Boris Nemtsov
FORMER RUSSIAN STATESMAN
Award Winner
Outstanding Campaigning for Democracy in Russia
Presenters
Marcus Kolga
WRITER, FILMMAKER AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
Award Presenter
Outstanding European Coverage of the Magnitsky Case
Chris Bryant
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Award Presenter
Outstanding British Coverage of the Magnitsky Case
Mikhail M. Kasyanov
FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA AND LEADER OF PEOPLE’S FREEDOM PARTY (PARNAS)
Award Presenter
Outstanding Campaigning European Politician
Alan Mendoza
CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY
Award Presenter
Outstanding Campaigning US Politician
Bjørn Engesland
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE NORWEGIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE
Award Presenter
Outstanding Human Rights Activist
Robert Barrington
PROFESSOR OF ANTI-CORRUPTION, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
Award Presenter
Outstanding Investigative Journalism
Helena Kennedy QC
LAWYER
Award Presenter
Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights Law
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
POLITICIAN, FORMER MP AND FEDERAL MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
Award Presenter
Outstanding Contribution to the Global Magnitsky Campaign
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
FOUNDER, OPEN RUSSIA FOUNDATION
Award Presenter
Outstanding Campaigning for Democracy in Russia