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All categories Literature & Letters202 Natural Sciences96 Mathematics & Computing36 Medicine & Healing Traditions99 Engineering & Technology24 Society, Peace & Law42 Economics, Business & Politics52 Music & Visual Arts0

Disciplines in Society, Peace & Law

All disciplines Peace19 Human Rights2 Law3 Education16 Environment2

Peacemakers, jurists, teachers, ecologists and explorers.

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All eras 1st–5th century 6th–14th century 15th–17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century

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All countries Argentina4 Barbados2 Brazil6 Canada6 Chile2 Colombia2 Costa Rica1 Cuba2 Guatemala2 Mexico3 Peru1 Saint Lucia1 Trinidad and Tobago1 United States76 Uruguay1 Venezuela1

4 figures

Martin Luther King Jr.

1929 – 1968

Letter from Birmingham Jail and a movement that rewrote American law.

United States·Peace · Philosophy · LiteratureNobel

Óscar Arias

b. 1940

Brokered peace across five Central American wars.

Costa Rica·PeaceNobel

Juan Manuel Santos

b. 1951

Ended a 52-year civil war by negotiated accord.

Colombia·PeaceNobel

Rigoberta Menchú

b. 1959

Indigenous rights advocate whose testimonio reached the world.

Guatemala·Peace · LiteratureNobel