Human rights award from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
The human rights award of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation , which was awarded for the first time in 1994, goes back to a legacy of the Hamburg couple Karl and Ida Feist . The founders had in his will stipulated that the Foundation manage their heritage and to assign it an annual human rights prize. Karl and Ida Feist were active in the labor movement for many years . Her own bitter experiences of war and destruction led her to a determined advocacy of peace and non-violence. According to the will of the donors , the human rights award is to be awarded to individuals or organizations who have made a special contribution to human rights in different parts of the world.
Previous winners
- 1994: Marie Schlei Association , promotes self-help projects by women for women in developing countries, Germany
- 1995: Ewa Łętowska , Poland's first civil rights representative
- 1996: Olusegun Obasanjo , former President of Nigeria
- 1997: Father Petar Anđelović , provincial of the Franciscans, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- 1998: Omar Belhouchet , journalist, Algeria
- 1999: Kailash Satyarthi , child slavery activist, India
- 2000: Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia
- 2001: Serbian resistance movement OTPOR
- 2002: Israeli-Palestinian Coalition for Peace (IPPC)
- 2003: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- 2004: Abel Alier (human rights lawyer ) and Mahgoub Mohamed Salih (journalist), Sudan
- 2005: Truth Commissions of Chile and Peru
- 2006: Somsak Kosaisook , union leader and civil rights activist, Thailand
- 2007: Jevgenij Zhovtis , Head of the Kazakh International Human Rights Office
- 2008: Zhanna Litvina , Belarus
- 2009: Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), South Africa
- 2010: Marcelina Bautista Bautista , Mexico
- 2011: Slim Amamou , Tunisia and Khaled M. Said (1982–2010), Egypt
- 2012: Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ), Pakistan
- 2013: Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE), Greece
- 2014: Fartuun Adan , Director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center , Somalia
- 2015: Ilan Sadeh , Mayor of Menashe Regional Council and Hasan Atamna , Mayor of Kafr Qara , Israel
- 2016: La Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres , women's movement from Colombia
- 2017: Organizing Committee of the Candle Citizens Demonstrations in South Korea (on behalf of all participants)
- 2018: Women's March , USA (suspended after anti-Semitism allegations against the organizers of the march)
- 2019: Miriam Miranda (Honduras)
- 2020: Zoran Zaev
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Frederik Schindler: "Open anti-Semitism" - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung suspends award of controversial alliance after massive criticism. In: juedische-allgemeine.de . November 7, 2018, accessed November 7, 2017 .