The jury of the “Prix Stéphane Hessel”, ediction 2016, comprised the following members :
President of the jury Arnaud d’Hauterives, perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts, Honorary President of Alliance Francophone
Éric Amiens, producer journalist at Club RFI, co-founder and responsible for the coordination of Stéphane Hessel Prize
Fabienne Kanor, nonfiction writer, Prix Fetkann (2004), Prix RFO (2007), Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout Monde (2014)
Clara Murner, poet
Frank Salin nicknamed Frankito, writer and director, Prix Carbet des Lycéens (2013)
Bernard Bamogo, laureate for Stéphane Hessel Prize (2013, category Short Stories)
Mohamed Sarr, laureate for Stéphane Hessel Prize (2014, category Short Stories), Ahmadou Kourouma Prize (2015), Grand Prix du Roman métis et Prix métis des lycéens(2015) for his first novel “Terre Ceinte”
Dzifa Gbeglo, laureate for Stéphane Hessel Prize (2015, category Poems)
Jean Guion, President Alliance Francophone
Myriam Guilhot, journalist / RFI
Jean François Cadet, journalist / RFI
Sayouba Traoré, writer, journalist / RFI
Elia Shalom, a philosophy student, Club RFI Paris
Fabian Charles, poet, founder member of Club RFI Paris