In Sweden, the 2013 Right Livelihood Awards have been announced to four recipients:
Paul F. Walker of Green Cross International, for “working tirelessly to rid the world of chemical weapons”; Raji Sourani, director of the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, for an “unwavering dedication to the rule of law and human rights under exceptionally difficult circumstances”; Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, “for his courageous work healing women survivors of war-time sexual violence and speaking up about its root causes,” and the Swiss agronomist Hans Herren, for “his expertise and pioneering work in promoting a safe, secure and sustainable global food supply.” Handed out annually, the Right Livelihood Awards are widely known as the “alternative Nobel Prize.”