North-South price
The North-South Prize (also: Lisbon North-South Prize ) has been awarded annually by the Council of Europe to two candidates since 1995 . One candidate each from the north and one from the south (preferably a man and a woman).
The candidates excel in the following areas: protecting human rights, defending pluralistic democracy, raising public awareness of issues relating to global solidarity and interdependence, and strengthening the North-South partnership. It is awarded for, in the opinion of the jurors, extraordinary achievements in the field of human rights, democracy and diplomacy between North and South - especially between Europe and Africa.
The jury for the award consists of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and members of the North-South Center (an autonomous organization of the Council of Europe in Lisbon ).
The North-South Prize will be presented to the winners at an official ceremony in Lisbon at the beginning of the following year by the President of the Republic of Portugal , the Speaker of Parliament and a member of the government, and by the Council of Europe the Secretary General, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the chairman of the Executive Committee of the North-South Center.
Award winners
- 1995 Peter Gabriel and Vera Duarte
- 1996 Danielle Mitterrand and "Women in Algeria"
- 1997 Mary Robinson and Patricio Aylwin
- 1998 Graça Machel and Lloyd Axworthy
- 1999 Emma Bonino and Abderrahmane Youssoufi
- 2000 Marguerite Barankitse and Mário Soares
- 2001 Maria de Nazaré Gadelha Ferreira Fernandes and Cornelio Sommaruga
- 2002 Albina du Boisrouvray and Xanana Gusmão
- 2003 Frene Ginwala and António de Almeida Santos
- 2004 Nawal El Saadawi and Stéphane Hessel
- 2005 Bogaletch Gebre and Bob Geldof
- 2006 Mukhtar Mai and Francisco Van Der Hoff
- 2007 Kofi Annan and Simone Veil
- 2008 Jorge Sampaio and Rania from Jordan
- 2009 Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev and Rola Dashti
- 2010 Louise Arbor and Lula da Silva
- 2011 Boris Tadić and Souhayr Belhassen
- 2012 Monika Hauser and Asma Jilani Jahangir
- 2013 Karim Aga Khan IV. And Suzanne Jabbour
- 2014 Maura Lynch and André Azoulay
- 2015 Lora Pappa and Joaquim Alberto Chissano
- 2016 Giuseppina Nicolini and Mbarka Brahmi
- 2017 Kristiina Kumpula and Abbas Gullet
- 2018 Jaha Mapenzi Dukureh and Damien Carême
- 2019 Nabila Hamza and Leoluca Orlando
Web links
- North-South Prize of the North-South Center of the Council of Europe
- North-South Center of the Council of Europe