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The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were instituted by United Nations General Assembly [1] in 1966. They are intended to "honour and commend people and organizations which have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other United Nations human rights instruments".
Every year, the prize is presented at a ceremony in the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, in Geneva. [6] [7] The medal is accompanied by a $150,000 US dollar prize. [3] The award was expanded in 2017 to include regional winners for Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Europe. [8] In 2018, the award was described as the "other Nobel ...
Country Award Sponsor Notes Libya: Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights: General People's Congress (Libya) International personalities, bodies or organizations that have distinctively contributed to rendering an outstanding human service and has achieved great actions in defending Human rights, protecting the causes of freedom and supporting peace everywhere in the world
The United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize is awarded every five years by the United Nations on Mandela Day to two individuals, one woman and one man from different geographic regions, in recognition of their dedicated service to humanity, in the promotion of reconciliation and social cohesion, and in community development, guided by the purposes and principles of the UN.
United Nations Association of Germany: For outstanding services to peace, tolerance, and international understanding (since 1988) Germany: Sean MacBride Peace Prize: International Peace Bureau: Person or organisation who has done outstanding work for peace, disarmament, and/or human rights (since 1992) Germany: Stuttgart Peace Prize: Die AnStifter
The prize is an initiative of Marc Dullaert, founder of the KidsRights Foundation, an international children's aid and advocacy organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [ 2 ] The winner receives a 100,000 euro donation to benefit a charitable project for children, as well as a statuette , the Nkosi, named in honour of Nkosi Johnson .
Selection Committee Inaugural Selection Committee of the prize included the late Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, as well as Óscar Arias, Shirin Ebadi and Leymah Gbowee, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, human rights activist Hina Jilani, former Australian foreign minister and president emeritus of the International Crisis Group Gareth Evans, president of the Carnegie Corporation of ...
The 17th Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize 2012 was awarded to Muharrem Erbey (Turkey, in jail since December 2009, and presented to his wife, Burçin Erbey, in Berlin by German minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger on 30 November 2012.