Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

You can now nominate a candidate for the Rafto Prize, meant for a person or an organization who stands up for human rights and democracy. Annual deadline is 1 February. For more on this award and its laureates, see: https://www.trueheroesfilms.org/thedigest/awards/A5043D5E-68F5-43DF-B84D-C9EF21976B18

• A candidate should be active in the struggle for the ideals and principles underlying the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• A candidate’s struggle for human rights should represent a non-violent perspective.
• A candidate may be a person or an organization, and two or more candidates may share the prize.

Deadline for nominations: 1 February 2022. Nominations received after 1 February will be taken into consideration for the Rafto Prize the following year.

For questions regarding nominations, please contact the Secretary of the Committee, Liv Unni Stuhaug, e-mail: livunni.stuhaug@rafto.no

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This entry was posted on January 14, 2022 at 15:59 and is filed under awards, Human Rights Defenders.

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