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. It was first presented in 1978.[1]
| 1978 | ||
| 1979 | The Association of Relatives of Disappeared People, Chile Alfred "Skip" Robinson, United League of Mississippi | |
| 1980 | ||
| 1981 | ||
| 1982 | Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns of São Paulo, Brazil The Infant Formula Action Coalition | |
| 1983 | ||
| 1984 | Reverend Charles Harper (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 1985 | The Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM) of Guatemala The Free South Africa Movement Frances Arbour (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 1986 | ||
| 1987 | ||
| 1988 | Radio Soleil (Haiti) Charles L. Clements, M.D. | |
| 1989 | The Union of Indigenous Nations of Brazil The National Labor Committee in Support of Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador Robert Scherrer (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 1990 | Father Jim Felts and Proyecto de Cristo Rey (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 1991 | ||
| 1992 | Saul Landau (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 1993 | Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia and Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico Marian Kramer and the National Welfare Rights Union | |
| 1994 | Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) | |
| 1995 | Haitian Human Rights Platform | |
| 1996 | Pharis Harvey (Special Recognition Award) Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Leo Valladares | |
| 1997 | The Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones (Special Recognition Award, posthumously) Sin Fronteras Organizing Project Alianza Civica | |
| 1998 | Rose Sanders Coordinacion Colombia-Europa | |
| 1999 | ||
| 2000 | ||
| 2001 | 25th AnniversaryAll prior recipients honored | |
| 2002 | Naúl Ojeda (Special Recognition Award, posthumously) | |
| 2003 | Nancy Sanchez Mendez CASA de Maryland Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Judge Juan Guzmán Barrios Unidos | |
| 2006 | Maher Arar and Center for Constitutional Rights Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign | |
| 2007 | DC Vote (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 2008 | Francisco Soberón and the Asociación Pro-Derechos Humanos (Peru) Indian Workers Congress | |
| 2009 | Domestic Workers UnitedLa Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica en El Salvador | |
| 2010 | National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)Honduras Human Rights Platform | |
| 2011 | Wisconsin Progressive MovementBethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico) | |
| 2012 | City Life/Vida UrbanaThe Chilean Students Movement (Confederation of Chilean Students) (Chile) | |
| 2013 | 50th anniversary of IPSAll prior recipients honored | |
| 2014 | Robin Reineke of the Colibrí Center for Human RightsThe Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders Juan E. Méndez (Special Recognition Award) | |
| 2015 | Daryl Atkinson and the Southern Center for Social JusticeAlmudena Bernabeu and the Center for Justice and Accountability | |
| 2016 | 40th anniversary of the assassinations of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen MoffittAll prior recipients honored | |
| 2017 | Opal Tometi and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)Javier Rojas Uriana | |
| 2018 | New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial JusticeDerechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (DHUMA) |