<Ul> <Li> ← 2016 </Li> <Li> Nobel Peace Prize </Li> <Li> 2018 → </Li> </Ul> <Li> Nobel Peace Prize </Li> <P> The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground - breaking efforts to achieve a treaty - based prohibition on such weapons," according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcement on October 6, 2017 . The award announcement acknowledged the fact that "the world's nine nuclear - armed powers and their allies" neither signed nor supported the treaty - based prohibition known as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons or nuclear ban treaty, yet in an interview Committee Chair Berit Reiss - Andersen told reporters that the award was intended to give "encouragement to all players in the field" to disarm . The award was hailed by civil society as well as governmental and intergovernmental representatives who support the nuclear ban treaty, but drew criticism from those opposed . At the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony held in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2017, Setsuko Thurlow, an 85 - year - old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn jointly received a medal and diploma of the award on behalf of ICAN and delivered the Nobel lecture . </P> <P> A global civil society coalition of 468 peace, human rights, environment, development and faith groups as of 2017, ICAN was recognized for its decade - long consensus - building support for the Humanitarian Pledge and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons . Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss - Andersen described ICAN's work as having "brought the debate forward by focusing so heavily on the humanitarian consequences of using nuclear arms ." </P>

Who won the nobel peace prize in 2017