Topic
Human Rights
85 people were recognised in the UK honours for Human Rights.
Recognition over time
85 people recognised for Human Rights from 1999 to 2026, shown by year and stacked by award category (the honours categories present in this data).
Recipients by sub-topic
Each bar counts people recognised for that topic on its own, not its sub-topics — so the Human Rights bar (85) is those tagged Human Rights directly, shown against its 14 sub-topics. The same person can appear in more than one.
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Recipients
People recognised for Human Rights
85 people
2025 · 2
2024 · 3
William Browder
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2024
“For services to Human Rights, Anti-Corruption, and International Affairs.”
Michael Vidler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
“For services to Justice and to Human Rights in Hong Kong.”
Paula Jack
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
“For services to Child Justice Reform, to Human Rights and to International Relations in Bahrain.”
2023 · 2
2022 · 6
Yasmin Batliwala
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
“For services to Human Rights, the Rule of Law and to International Development.”
Antony Porter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Wilmslow, Cheshire
“For services to Security and to Human Rights.”
Paul Oestreicher
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
“For services to Peace, Human Rights and Reconciliation.”
Paul Johnson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Equality, to Diversity and to Human Rights.”
Sara Khan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Watford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Human Rights and Counter Extremism.”
Mark Phillips
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Equality and Human Rights.”
2021 · 4
Marie Numuhoza
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Human Rights and the community in Thetford, Norfolk.”
Anna Yearley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Human Rights.”
Roderick Liddle
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2021
“For services to the protection of Human Rights in Europe.”
Christopher Lomax
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
“For services to Human Rights.”
2020 · 3
Michael Emmerson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
“For services to International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.”
Andrew Gilmour
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2020
“For services to Human Rights.”
Timothy Ayrton Tannock
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For political service to International Relations and Human Rights.”
2019 · 3
Susan Douglas-scott
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Human Rights, to Disability and to LGBT Issues.”
Michael Keating
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2019
“For services to international diplomacy, conflict prevention and human rights.”
Mervyn Thomas
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2019
“For services to human rights and to the freedom of religion or belief.”
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