With the tenth awards, which took place on 16th October 2000, the jury decided to limit the number of award winners to a maximum of four. International award winners were Radhika Coomaraswamy of Sri Lanka and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights.

	„We must approach the questions of economic-cooperation and mutal assistance – in short, questions of international solidarity – with that blend of idealism and realism without which the great tasks before us can never really be accomplished.“ Bruno Kreisky, adress to the Third General Conference of UNIDO, New Delhi, 31st January 1980
Member of Jury Heinz Patzelt and Morten Kjærum with prize winner Radhika Coomaraswamy.

In Austria the NGO project „An Anti-Discrimination Law for Austria“ and Karlheinz Böhm and his organisation „Menschen für Menschen“ were honoured. The award of the prize to the organisation „Menschen für Menschen“, founded by Karlheinz Böhm, stressed the close link between humanitarian assistance and human rights, especially in the poorest regions of the world.

l. to r.: Vojin Dimitrijev, Vesna Pesic, Hannes Tretter, Almaz Böhm, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Cornelia Kogoj.	Almaz Böhm and Radhika Coomaraswamy.	Vesna Pesic, Hannes Tretter, Vojin Dimitrijevic in the hall of presidents of the Austrian parliament.

To commemorate Konstantin Obradovic, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights established its „Konstantin Obradovic Prize for the contribution to the advancement of human rights culture“ in 2000. The Prize is awarded annually on the Human Rights Day and is financed by the interests from the Bruno Kreisky Award, which the Centre received in 2000. Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch gave the laudatory speech.
Prize winners with president Heinz Fischer hosting a reception at the parliament.