History - Amnesty receives the Nobel Peace Prize
By 1974, Amnesty was sending fact-finding missions to 31 countries. A year later, 70,000 Amnesty members were organizing human rights campaigns in 65 countries.
Amnesty International was now a leader among non-governmental human rights organizations. And we used our influence to good advantage - especially to push for new international laws and institutions to further protect human rights.
The first major result came in 1975. Following intense pressure from Amnesty International members and other concerned people, the United Nations adopted a new Declaration Against Torture.
Two years later, Amnesty International was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for contributing "to securing the ground for freedom, for justice, and thereby also for peace in the world." In 1978, Amnesty won the United Nations Human Rights prize for its "outstanding contributions in the field of human rights."