Human rights award of the state of Styria

The Human Rights Prize of the State of Styria is a prize awarded by the Styrian state government , which has been awarded since 2001 after a resolution by the state government. The award, endowed with 7,500 euros, is usually presented by the governor , who also submits the application. The award recognizes activities for the implementation, development and promotion of human rights as well as achievements in this area at home and abroad . The prize is awarded by a jury of fifteen made up of figures from public life, politics, the courts, the university, Amnesty International and Caritas .

Organizationally, the honorary award is directly subordinate to the responsibility of the state office management.

Award winners

2018 Award ceremony on February 28, 2018

• Gerd Kronheim, founding member and managing director of the Bicycle Association

2016 Awarded on March 7, 2017

• Daniela Grabe, Association for Memorial Culture in Graz, for the " Stolpersteine " project (5,000.00)
• one more award winner (2,500.00)

2014 Awarded on March 6, 2015

• Kurt Senekovic, Roller Coaster Club
• Sister Brigitta Raith, Regional Leader of the Missionaries of Christ in the Congo
• Birgit Benke, "Shadow children - children on the run into the light?"

• Information about the application and the two-year award

2012 Awarded on March 20, 2013

• Renate Schmidt, founder of the Wendpunkt / Leoben association (2006)

2010 (The award was postponed from March 21, 2011 to late autumn)

• Architect Wilfried Stummer from the Austrian Building Order
• Styrian platform right to stay
• EVG association for the "Miriam - Nicaragua" project

2009

• European Training and Research Center for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC)
• Megaphon-Uni (project of the street newspaper Megaphon )
• Manfred Oswald, Colonel of the Austrian Armed Forces i. R.

2008

• Association ERfA - experiences for everyone
• VinziVillage
• Veronika Dreier

2007 Awarded on December 14, 2007

• Hospice Association Styria, represented by Karl Harnoncourt as chairman
• Association for victims of organized violence etc. Human rights violations - OMEGA health center, represented by Anne-Marie Miörner Wagner as chairwoman

2006 Awarded on February 8, 2007

• DGKS Christine Anderwald, head of the Marienambulanz in Graz
• Zebra refugee aid association, represented by Ingrid Egger

2005 Awarded on February 6, 2006

• Max Aufischer
• Linde ressi
• Sister Elisabeth Schwarzl

2004 Awarded on February 7, 2005

• Marianne Graf
• Renate Kicker

2003 Awarded on March 17, 2004

• Harald Krenn
• Sonja Perkic-Krempl
• Harald Schmied

2002

no award ceremony

2001

• Maria Caesar
• Franz Leitner
• Angelika Vauti
• Chaplain Günther Zgubic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Human rights award (...) Proposals and self-promotion ( memento of the original from June 14, 2009 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. (accessed June 12, 2008) 
2. ^ Prizes of Honor of the State of Styria ( Memento from June 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed June 12, 2008)
3. ↑ State of Styria 2018 Human Rights Award - State of Styria - Politics . Article dated February 28, 2019, accessed March 5, 2019.
4. ↑ orf.at: Daniela Grabe receives human rights award . Article dated March 7, 2017, accessed March 7, 2017.
5. ^ Association for Memorial Culture, circular mail from January 12, 2017.
6. ↑ Human Rights Prize awarded by the State of Styria (accessed on December 16, 2015)
7. ↑ Human Rights Prize of the State of Styria 2014 (accessed on November 18, 2014)
8. ↑ Awarding of the Human Rights Prize of the State of Styria (accessed on October 17, 2013)
9. ↑ Human Rights Awards: Award postponed - oesterreich.ORF.at (accessed April 26, 2011)
10. ↑ High distinction for active commitment ... Human Rights Award 2009 ( Memento from April 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 17, 2010)
11. ^ Entry on the Human Rights Prize of the State of Styria in the Austria Forum  (biography), accessed on December 27, 2011
12. ↑ Decision, award of the Human Rights Prize 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 25, 2008)  
13. ↑ Human Rights Prize 2007 (accessed on November 18, 2014)
14. ↑ Human Rights Prize 2006 (accessed on November 18, 2014)
15. ↑ State Human Rights Prize 2005 (accessed on November 18, 2014)
16. ↑ State Human Rights Prize 2004 ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 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. (accessed on November 18, 2014) 
17. ↑ State Human Rights Prize 2003 (accessed on November 18, 2014)
18. ↑ Information from the State Press Service January / February 2002 ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2011 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. (Page 20; PDF, accessed June 16, 2008; 1.4 MB) 
19. ↑ MARIA CÄSAR, resistance fighter against National Socialism (accessed June 12, 2008)
20. ^ Press release of the Austrian Catholic Men's Movement from November 7, 2005