Bianca Jagger

Bianca Jagger is Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, European Goodwill Ambassador, Director of Amnesty International USA and Trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust.

For approximately 25 years, Bianca has campaigned for human rights, social and economic justice and environmental protection throughout the world. For her work in these areas, Bianca has been the recipient of many prestigious international awards, not least of which is the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative Nobel prize". Others include the United Nations Earth Day International Award, the Amnesty International USA Media Spotlight Award for Leadership and the World Citizenship Award from The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. She also received the World Achievement Award from Mikhail Gorbachev.