European Civil Rights Prize for the Sinti and Roma
The European Civil Rights Prize for Sinti and Roma was founded on November 7th, 2007 in Heidelberg by the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma , the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma and the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation . The international prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, is donated by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation. The award takes place every two years; the first award took place in December 2008.
Intention of the price
Against the background of the extremely worrying human rights situation of the Sinti and Roma in many European countries, the European Citizenship Award of the Sinti and Roma is intended to make a contribution to safeguarding and enforcing civil rights and equal opportunities for members of the minority in their respective European home countries. At the same time, the prize is a signal to politically responsible bodies, the media and social groups to act against deeply rooted clichés and prejudice structures in order to overcome the everyday exclusion of the minority.
Award criteria
The award is given to individuals, groups or institutions who have worked in an exemplary manner to improve the human rights situation of the Sinti and Roma. This includes public, political and media engagement for equality and equal opportunities for the minority as well as active advocacy against discriminatory practices and against all forms of exclusion, disadvantage and stigmatization of the minority within the European community.
Award procedure
The decision on the winners is made by an international jury. The chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the chairman of the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation are permanent members of the “Jury for the Award of the European Civil Rights Prize for Sinti and Roma”. They also decide on the composition of the four-year committee. Each member of the jury can nominate award winners; the choice is made by majority vote. A repeated award of the European Citizenship Award of the Sinti and Roma to the same individual, group or institution is excluded.
The members of the jury for the award of the European Civil Rights Prize for the Sinti and Roma
(As of 2010)
Jury chair
- Romani Rose (Chairman of the Central Council and the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma , Heidelberg)
- Manfred Lautenschläger (Chairman of the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation, founder of MLP AG )
Jury members
- Anastasia Crickley (UN Committee against Racial Discrimination)
- Thorbjørn Jagland (Secretary General of the Council of Europe )
- Roman Kwiatkowski (Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roma Association, Poland)
- László Teleki (Chairman of the Interministerial Committee on Roma Affairs, Hungary)
- Erwin Teufel (former Prime Minister of the State of Baden-Württemberg)
- Johan Weisz (Dutch entrepreneur)
- Mirjam Karoly (Head of the Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR))
Prize winners
| year | Surname | function |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Wladyslaw Bartoszewski | State Secretary and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Polish Prime Minister |
| 2010 | Simone Veil | Former President of the European Parliament |
| 2012 | Thomas Hammarberg | Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights |
| 2014 | Tilman Zülch | Co-founder and President of the Society for Threatened Peoples |
| 2016 | Amnesty International | The special prize went to Eszter Hajdú , Hungarian film director |
Web links
- www.buergerrechtspreis.de European Civil Rights Prize
- Documentation and culture center homepage
- Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation European Civil Rights Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ European Civil Rights Prize Intention
- ↑ Central Council press release ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
