The Allard Prize for International Integrity is one of the world's largest prizes dedicated to the fight against corruption and the protection of human rights.^[1] The prize is awarded biennially to an individual, movement or organization that has "demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in combating corruption, especially through promoting transparency, accountability and the Rule of Law."^[2] The winner receives the Allard Prize Award, a uniquely crafted brass artwork,^[3][4] and CAD$100,000. Honourable mention recipients are awarded a unique nickel-plated artwork, and may also receive a cash award.

At the 2017 Award Ceremony, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald stated that the Allard Prize “is important … and isn't devoted just to honouring anti-corruption crusaders, but to constructing and fortifying a framework that really does protect them and enables the work to proceed much more safely,"^[5] and "this kind of courage can be very contagious."^[1] Past Allard Prize winners and others have said that the Allard Prize assists, supports and protects those working in anti-corruption and their work.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Canada's National Observer calls The Allard Prize 'The Oscars of anti-corruption'.^[1]

The Allard Prize and Allard Prize Foundation, the charitable organization that supports the Allard Prize, were founded in 2011 and are funded by lawyer and businessman Peter A. Allard, Q.C.^{[1][11][12][13][14]} The Allard Prize Committee is responsible for the oversight, organization and selection of the Prize winner and honourable mention recipients. From 2013 until June 21, 2019, the Prize was administered at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The Allard Prize is now independent of UBC.^[15]

Some Allard Prize nominees and winners have previously been subjected to threats, violence, torture, imprisonment and other attacks associated with their anti-corruption and human rights activities.^[1] 2020 Allard Prize co-recipient Daphne Caruana Galizia and 2015 honourable mention recipient Sergei Magnitsky both received the Allard Prize posthumously. Maltese journalist Caruna-Galizia was assassinated by car bomb in 2017.^[16] Russian auditor Magnitsky died after being tortured in prison.^[17][18]

The Allard Prize winner and any honourable mention recipients are chosen through a comprehensive nomination and selection process involving the Allard Prize Committee, sub-committees and an advisory board.^[19] For the 2015 Allard Prize, over 140 people were nominated from 50 countries. In 2017, the number of nominations grew to 244 from 70 countries, with 42 nominations (17 percent) from North America.^[13] In 2020 there were 525 nominations received from 80 countries.^[20]

The 2015 and 2017 Allard Prize public awards ceremonies were held at the University of British Columbia's Old Auditorium and were live-streamed over the Internet.^[22][23] The 2020 Allard Prize Ceremony was conducted online only via live streaming from Vancouver, Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[24]

The list of Allard Prize 'finalists' is released approximately one month prior to the Prize Ceremony. The public announcement identifying the Allard Prize winner is made at the Prize Ceremony, typically held in September or October of the award year. Finalists attend the ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and become part of the growing Allard Prize anti-corruption network. Travel expenses are paid by the Allard Prize.^[21] Past award ceremony keynote speakers include Canadian diplomat Stephen Lewis (2013),^[25][26] Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire (2015),^[27][28] Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald (2017).,^[1][5] and for the 2020 ceremony - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges.^[24]

As of 2020, the Allard Prize has been awarded to six individuals (one posthumously). Three organizations, one government office and three individuals (one posthumously) have received Honourable Mention.

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Year	Name of Finalist		Recipient/Honourable Mention	Country	Rationale
2013		Anna Hazare	Recipient	India	At great personal risk, led successful movements to advance rural development, enhance government transparency and investigate and prosecute official corruption. He has also played a leading role in educating people in India about their fundamental rights and encouraging them to raise their voice against unlawful practices like corruption.[29][30][31]
		Global Witness	Honourable Mention	United Kingdom	For courage and a relentless approach in efforts to tackle corruption and to promote transparency, expose the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses.[31]
		Sima Samar	Honourable Mention	Afghanistan	At great personal risk, worked to raise global awareness about the detrimental impact of corruption on the promotion and protection of Afghan human and women's rights.[31]
2015		John Githongo	Co-Recipient	Kenya	For courage and fighting against corruption and towards political transparency in Kenya.[32][33]
		Rafael Marques De Morais	Co-Recipient	Angola	For courage and dedication in exposing corruption, murder and torture in Angola especially relating to Blood Diamonds and government corruption.[32][33]
		Indonesia Corruption Watch	Honourable Mention	Indonesia	For courage and dedication to providing political pressure for policy reform, transparency, and accountability of government through bringing cases of corruption to law enforcement agencies, monitoring campaign and political finance spending in national and local elections and pushing for improved anti-corruption laws such as the Freedom of Information Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, Anti-corruption Act and Election Act.[13][34]
		Sergei Magnitsky	Honourable Mention (Awarded Posthumously)	Russia	After exposing a $230 million tax fraud involving Russian organized crime, police and government officials, Sergei Magnitsky courageously refused to retract his evidence. Russian officials falsely accused and arrested Magnitsky, who was imprisoned for over 11 months in pre-trial detention. His arrest, torture and in-prison death garnered the attention of international government bodies, parliaments and human rights organizations.[17][18]
2017		Khadija Ismayilova	Recipient	Azerbaijan	For courage and leadership in the fight against human rights abuses and corrupt practices in government, and for inspiring a new age of political activism in Azerbaijan at great personal risk.[1][12]
		Azza Soliman	Honourable Mention	Egypt	For courage and leadership, fighting at great personal risk for the inclusion of women in political, economic and social activities, and in access to justice.[1][12]
		Operation Car Wash (Força Tarefa da Lava Jato)	Honourable Mention	Brazil	The Car Wash Task Force has been responsible for billions of dollars in recovered bribes, and criminal charges against hundreds of political and corporate operatives, changing the nature of Brazilian politics and its culture of criminal impunity.[1][12]
2019		William Binney (intelligence official)	Lifetime Achievement Award	United States	Allard Prize Lifetime Achievement Award for leadership and commitment to protecting human rights and combatting corruption.[35]
2020		Daphne Caruana Galizia	Co-Recipient (Awarded Posthumously)	Malta	For leadership and commitment to protecting human rights and combatting corruption. Despite years of threats & acts of violence against her and her family, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia courageously continued investigating government corruption and organized crime. She was assassinated with a car-bomb in 2017.[36][16]
		Howard Wilkinson (whistleblower)	Co-Recipient	United Kingdom	For leadership and commitment to protecting human rights and combatting corruption. While working at the Danske Bank, Howard Wilkinson uncovered one of the largest money laundering schemes in history involving over 200 Billion Euros. Despite the considerable risk to himself & his family, Wilkinson testified before European Parliament - advocating for greater protections for whistleblowers and a new regulation model for greater transparency. The scandal led to investigations & criminal charges across Europe, Danske's CEO's resignation, & Danske's Estonian branch's closing.[36]
		International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala	Honourable Mention	Guatemala	The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) operated in Guatemala for 12 years and helped prosecute over 120 cases. CICIG also pursued critical reforms to improve accountability measures, strengthening citizens’ trust in domestic judicial institutions.[36]

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The Allard Prize Committee also adjudicates the bi-annual Allard Photography Competition and the Allard Video Competition.^[39][40] Both competitions align with the ideals of the Allard Prize of combating corruption and protecting human rights.^[2][39][40]

In November 2018, one of the winners of the Photography Competition was Darrin Zammit Lupi whose winning photograph titled Justice for Daphne showed a vigil and protest calling for justice in the case of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who was murdered in 2017.^[16][41] Caruana Galizia was awarded the Allard Prize posthumously in 2020.^[36]