European Human Rights Prize

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The European Human Rights Prize, also known as the Council of Europe Human Rights Prize, was a human rights prize awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in recognition of outstanding contributions to the cause of human rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.

It was instituted in 1980 when the Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution (80) 1 containing regulations on a European Human Rights Prize.

Winners

2013 - Malala Yousafzai

2011 - Russian NGO Committee Against Torture

1998 – Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT), Chiara Lubich and the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ, Northern Ireland)

1995 – Sergei Kovalyov and Raoul Wallenberg

1992 – Felix Ermacora and Médecins Sans Frontières

1989 – Lech Wałęsa and the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

1986 – Christian Broda and Raúl Alfonsín

1983 – Amnesty International

1980 – International Commission of Jurists

References

European Human Rights Prize Wikipedia

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