Mietek Pemper Prize of the University of Augsburg for reconciliation and international understanding

The Mietek Pemper Prize of the University of Augsburg for reconciliation and international understanding is awarded to personalities who have made special contributions to the reconciliation of peoples, ethnic groups and religious communities through their life's work. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros and is awarded every two years by the University of Augsburg . The award ceremony takes place in the Golden Hall of Augsburg City Hall.

history

In 2006, the entrepreneur Georg Haindl decided to donate an Augsburg University Prize for Reconciliation and International Understanding in order to promote Augsburg's reputation as a city of peace and the university. At the same time, people should be honored who have risked their lives for reconciliation and international understanding. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2007. After the death of the jury member and honorary citizen of the city of Augsburg and the University of Mietek Pemper , the prize was named after him in recognition of his lifetime achievement.

jury

The jury members include the award sponsor Georg Haindl, the Bavarian Minister of Science, the Lord Mayor of Augsburg and the President of the University of Augsburg. Mietek Pemper was originally also a member of the jury. After his death in 2011, the rabbi of the Jewish community in Augsburg-Swabia took his place.

Award winners

2007: Carla Del Ponte , Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
2009: Richard Holbrooke , Ambassador and UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
2012: Khaled Abu Awwad and Nir Oren , managers of The Parents Circle Families Forum in Israel and Palestine
2014: Selline Korir , Director of the Rural Women Peace Link and the Kenya Tuna Uwezo Program
2016: Luigi Ciotti , founder of the anti-mafia association Libera and Narcomafie magazine

2018: Teresa Gaviria , founder and chairwoman of the Caminos des Esperanza association. Madres de la Candelariavon in Colombia

Web links

Further information on the Mietek Pemper Prize of the University of Augsburg for reconciliation and international understanding on the website of the University of Augsburg

Individual evidence

↑ Information Service Science: Dr. Georg Haindl initiates an “Augsburg University Prize for Reconciliation and International Understanding” - accessed on February 23, 2011.
↑ Klaus P. Prem: The taste of legality. University of Augsburg, press release from October 19, 2016 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on October 19, 2016.
↑ Klaus P. Prem: Appreciation of the peace work of the "Madres de la Candelaria". University of Augsburg, press release from April 19, 2018 at the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 19, 2018.

[1] Information Service Science: Dr. Georg Haindl initiates an “Augsburg University Prize for Reconciliation and International Understanding” - accessed on February 23, 2011.

[2] Klaus P. Prem: The taste of legality. University of Augsburg, press release from October 19, 2016 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on October 19, 2016.

[3] Klaus P. Prem: Appreciation of the peace work of the "Madres de la Candelaria". University of Augsburg, press release from April 19, 2018 at the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 19, 2018.