The 2009 Tji Hak-soon Justice and Peace Award

It was awarded to Marius Rukshan Fernando — Sri Lankan human rights activist receives Korean Church award. The recipient "has committed himself to investigating and revealing the truth to the United Nations of those arrested or murdered by the Sinhalese-led government." A Sinhalese-Catholic, noting the disproportionate number of deaths among the Tamils, he said, "It is why I have to side with Tamils."