Nobel Price Prize Concert

Previuos Concerts | 2003

Shirin Ebadi
The Nobel Peace Prize 2003

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From the Norwegian Nobel Committee

The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held in Oslo 11th December in honour of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. The concert was hosted by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas.

Peace Prize laureate

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 to Shirin Ebadi for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children.
As a lawyer, judge, lecturer, writer and activist, she has spoken out clearly and strongly in her country, Iran, and far beyond its borders. She has stood up as a sound professional, a courageous person, and has never heeded the threats to her own safety.