United Nations Prize In The Field Of Human Rights
The
United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights
were instituted by a
General Assembly
resolution in 1966. They are intended to "honour and commend people and organisations 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
". They were first awarded in 1968, and they have been given out at five-year intervals since then. The award ceremony traditionally takes place on
10 December
, which the UN has designated
Human Rights Day
. The recipients are selected by a special committee comprising the presidents of the
General Assembly
and the
Economic and Social Council
and the chairs of the
Commission on Human Rights
, the
Commission on the Status of Women
, and the
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
. The physical token of the award is a metal plaque bearing the UN seal and an artistic design, and engraved with an appropriate citation. In contrast to the
Nobel prizes
– and the list of awardees shares much common ground with the
Nobel Peace Prize
in particular – the UN's awards are nonmonetary in nature.
2003 Awardees
Enriqueta Estela Barnes de Carlotto
, president of the
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
(
Argentina
)
Mano River Women's Peace Network
(
Sierra Leone
,
Liberia
, and
Guinea
)
Family Protection Project Management Team
(
Jordan
)
Deng Pufang
(
PRC
)
Shulamith Koenig
, executive director of the
People's Movement for Human Rights Education
(
USA
)
Srgio Vieira de Mello
, murdered UN Special Representative in Iraq (posthumous award) (
Brazil
)
1998 Awardees
Sunila Abeyesekera
, executive director of
INFORM
(
Sri Lanka
)
Angelina Acheng Atyam
, founder of
Concerned Parents Association
(
Uganda
)
Jimmy Carter
, statesman and former president (
USA
)
Jos Gregori
, secretary of state for human rights (
Brazil
)
Anna Sabatova
, founder of
Charter 77
(
Czech Republic
)
All human rights defenders, "thousands of courageous individuals worldwide"
1993 Awardees
Hassib Ben Ammar
, president of the
Arab Institute for Human Rights
(
Tunisia
)
Erica-Irene Daes
, chair of the
Working Group on Indigenous Populations
(
Greece
)
James P. Grant
, executive director of
UNICEF
(
USA
)
International Commission of Jurists
(based in
Geneva
)
Medical personnel of the Central Hospital of
Sarajevo
Sonia Picado Sotela
, vice-president of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(
Costa Rica
)
Ganesh Man Singh
, supreme leader of the Nepali Congress (
Nepal
)
Sudanese Women's Union
(
Sudan
)
Julio Tumiri Javier
, founder of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights in Bolivia (
Bolivia
)
1988 Awardees
Baba Murlidhar Devidas Amte
, human rights lawyer (
India
)
John Peters Humphrey
, director of the
United Nations Division of Human Rights
(
Canada
)
Adam Lopatka
, president of the Supreme Court (
Poland
)
Lenidas Proao
, bishop (
Ecuador
)
Nelson Mandela
, lawyer and statesman (
South Africa
)
Winnie Mandela
, medical social worker (
South Africa
)
1978 Awardees
Begum Ra'Ana Liaquat Ali Khan
(
Pakistan
)
Sadruddin Aga Khan
(
Iran
)
Martin Luther King
(posthumous award) (
USA
)
Helen Suzman
(
South Africa
)
International Committee of the Red Cross
Amnesty International
Vicaria de la Solidaridad
(
Chile
)
Union nationale des femmes de Tunisie
(
Tunisia
)
1973 Awardees
Taha Hussein
, professor of literature (
Egypt
)
C. Wilfred Jenks
, director-general of the
International Labour Office
(posthumous award) (
UK
),
Mara Lavalle Urbina
, lawyer and lecturer (
Mexico
)
Abel Muzorewa
, president of the ANC (
Namibia
)
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
, prime minister of Mauritius (
Mauritius
)
U Thant
,
UN secretary-general
(
Myanmar
)
1968 Awardees
Manuel Bianchi
, chairman of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
(
Chile
)
Ren Cassin
, member of the
Commission on Human Rights
(
France
)
Albert Luthuli
President of the ANC (posthumous award) (
South Africa
)
Mehranguiz Manoutchehrian
, attorney and senator (
Iran
)
Petr Emelyanovich Nedbailo
member of the
Commission on Human Rights
(
Ukraine
)
*
Eleanor Roosevelt
, president of the
Commission on Human Rights
(posthumous award) (
USA
)
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