Sponsors of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders since 1993 include:

• The European Foundation for Human Rights
• Francoise Demole, Geneva
• Barbara Hendricks Foundation, Switzerland
• Amnesty International (International Secretariat)
• Elisabeth Ahmadi, Verbier
• The Evens Foundation, Belgium
• Robert Fulghum and Lynn Edwards, USA
• Amnesty International Netherlands section
• Diakonia Human Rights Desk, Germany
• Oltramare Foundation, Geneva
• Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden
• UBS, Geneva
• European Commission, Brussels
• Organisation Internationale pour la Francophonie

• France
• Germany
• United Kingdom
• Norway
• Sweden/Sida
• Finland
• Switzerland