The Jury
- Alice Walker, author and poet, USA
- John Dugard, Profesor of International Law, Former Special rapporteur for both UN Commission on Human Rights and International Law Commission
- Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel Peace laureate 1976, Northern Ireland
- Gisèle Halimi, lawyer, former Ambassador to UNESCO, France
- Ronald Kasrils, writer, activist and former government minister, South Africa
- Michael Mansfield, barrister, President of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, United Kingdom
- José Antonio Martin Pallin, emeritus judge, Chamber II, Supreme Court, Spain
- Cynthia McKinney, former member of the US Congress and 2008 presidential candidate, Green Party, USA
- Alberto San Juan, actor, Spain
- Aminata Traoré, author and former Minister of Culture of Mali
- Yasmin Sooka, Foundation for Human Rights
- Lord Anthony Gifford, British hereditary peer and senior barrister












