Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize

The Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize is an Austrian prize for services to human rights . It was created in 2005 on the initiative of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and consists of a sponsorship and a press prize, which are awarded annually by the Felix Ermacora Association - Association for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights . The two prizes are given to people who are particularly committed to human rights.

Emergence

The Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize was donated in 2005 by the parliamentary club (“parliamentary faction”) of the ÖVP in the Austrian National Council and the Political Academy of the ÖVP on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Felix Ermacora (1923–1995) death . Felix Ermacora was an internationally recognized Austrian international law expert who campaigned worldwide for human rights and the improvement of human rights protection. With the award, which they named after him in honor of Ermacora, the initiators want to "support people who are particularly committed to the protection of human rights and demonstrate their role model function".

The Felix Ermacora Association

The Felix Ermacora Association - Association for the protection and promotion of human rights , which was founded in connection with the foundation of the Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize , is committed “in the tradition of the work of Felix Ermacora for the protection and promotion of human rights and the improvement of Protection of human rights worldwide ”. With the annual award of the “Human Rights Prize” and the “Human Rights Press Prize”, the association recognizes special commitment to human rights protection. The jury for the selection of the award winners is the scientific advisory board of the association. The association has its seat in Vienna .

Award winners

• 2005: Georg Sporschill ; Press award: Friedrich Orter
• 2006: Hildegard Teuschl ; Press award: Heinz Nussbaumer
• 2007: Franz Matscher ; Press award: Gudrun Harrer
• 2008: Christian Strohal ; Press award: Alfred Payrleitner
• 2010: Shirin Ebadi ; Press award Cornelia Vospernik ; Sponsorship award for Marianne Graf from the Albania-Austria partnership

Web links

• Website of the Felix Ermacora Verein - Association for the protection of human rights

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ceremonial lecture on the occasion of the first awarding of the Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize on October 18, 2005 in the Parliament in Vienna , lecture by Manfred Nowak on the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft website (accessed on March 23, 2015).
2. ↑ Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize to Father Sporschill and Friedrich Orter , press release of the ÖVP parliamentary club from October 19, 2005, on the online political portal (accessed on February 20, 2009).
3. ↑ Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize awarded to Hildegard Teuschl CS for Hospice Austria ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Report on the website of the umbrella organization Hospiz Österreich (accessed on February 20, 2009). 
4. ^ Felix Ermacora Human Rights Awards 2007 to Gudrun Harrer and Franz Matscher . APA notification dated October 16, 2007, accessed March 23, 2015.
5. ↑ Schüssel presents the Felix Ermacora Human Rights Prize 2008 to Ambassador Strohal , press release of the ÖVP parliamentary club on September 18, 2008, on the online Politik Portal (accessed on February 20, 2009).
6. ^ Ermacora prizes go to Vospernik and Albania helper Graf from June 15, 2010, accessed on June 15, 2010