The prize was awarded “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011”.The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize went to the National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia.
The National Dialogue Quartet consists of four organisations in Tunisian civil society – the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT, Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA, Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH, La Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme), and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers (Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie)
After the Arab Spring in Tunisia in 2010-2011, the Quartet paved the way for a peaceful dialogue between the citizens.
LIST NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS, 2015:
Peace:National Dialogue Quartet
Literature: Svetlana Alexievich
Physiology or Medicine: William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura, Youyou Tu, Paul Modrich
Physics: Arthur McDonald, Takaaki Kajita.
Chemistry: Tomas Lindahl, Aziz Sancar