The prize committee is headed by Pro-Rector ?se Gornitzka. In addition the following serve in the committee:
- Head of Department Jakob Elster, Norwegian Center for Human Rights
- Professor Eivind Engebretsen, Faculty of Medicine
- Professor Eirinn Larsen, Faculty of Humanities
- Hanne Sophie Greve, Court of appeal judge and former judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg