The seventh award ceremony on 11th June 1993 in the Hans Czettel Centre in the Chamber of Labour in Vienna divided the Kreisky Prize for Human Rights into a human rights award and a prize in recognition of merit. Alongside the themes which had been emphasised in previous years, the bloody conflicts which accompanied the break-up of Yugoslavia were more and more at the attention of the international jury. Simultaneously, the crimes of the military dictatorship in Nigeria were a central concern.

Prize winners and guests of honour at the award ceremony 1993.

The human rights awards honoured Abe J. Nathan, the Israeli peace and human rights activist, the Nigerian human rights lawyer and opposition chief Gani Fawehinmi, Nicolae Gheorghe, representative of the Roma and Sinti in Rumania, Father Georg Sporschill S.J. for his engagement for street children in Bucharest, as well as Christine Hubka and Gertrud Hennefeld for their engagement for refugees in Austria.

Another prize went to the indigenous people of Canela in Maranhão in Brazil, to support them in their long-running struggle for cultural and ethnic survival.

	„The ideas and principles of democracy should not be limited to politics, but must pervade all areas of social life.“ Bruno Kreisky speaking at the Social Academy Austria, 9th October 1976.
Rarak, Chief of the Canela people presenting traditional gifts of honour to UN secertary general Boutros Ghali.

Three prizes in recognition of special services drew attention to the terrible human rights situation in Yugoslavia as the country disintegrated: Kemal Kurspahic and Zlatko Dizdarevic, journalists form the newspaper Oslobodjenje Sarajevo, Tanja Petovar, Belgrade, and the Project for Croatian-Muslim-Serbian Dialogue in Vienna.

Axel Corti giving the laudatory speech 1993, on the right Chief Gani Fawehinmi.	UN secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali congratulating prize winner Melitta Sunjic, representing the Croatian-Muslim-Serbian-Dialog.

Further prizes in recognition of special services went to the Memorial movement in Russia, the German transplantation surgeon Rudolf Pichlmayr and Martha Kyrle for UNICEF Austria. The group SOS Mitmensch was honoured for its consistent stand against racism and xenophobia in Austria. The adress for the prize winners was given by UN secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali at a festive evening event at the Austria Centre Vienna.

UN secretary general Boutros Ghali giving his adress at the evening ceremony ceremony, Austria Center Center, Vienna.

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