Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize
The Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize ( Nagroda imienia Sérgio Vieira de Mello in Polish ) is an award for individuals and organizations who work for peaceful coexistence and cooperation between different societies, religions and cultures. It is awarded by the Villa Decius Foundation in Kraków with the support of the President of Poland and the Brazilian and Swedish ambassadors in Poland.
The award is named after the Brazilian UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Sérgio Vieira de Mello , who was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad in 2003 .
Selection committee
The jury includes a representative of the Presidents of the Republic of Poland, the Brazilian and Swedish ambassadors to Poland, a representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees , a representative of the Polish Institute of National Memory, the Polish Znak Foundation and the chairman of Villa-Decius Foundation .
Award winners
- 2004: Tadeusz Mazowiecki , Poland, former Prime Minister
- 2004: "Everyone Świat" ( One World ) association, Polish branch of Service Civil International , Poland
- 2005: Father Marian Żelazek (1918–2006), Poland
- 2005: Kreisau Foundation for European Understanding , Poland, international youth meeting place
- 2006: Alexander Milinkevich , Belarus, opposition politician
- 2006: Jewish Culture Festival Kraków , Poland
- 2007: Maryna Hulia, Belarus
- 2007: Magurycz Association, Poland
- 2008: Krystyna Pryjomko-Serafin, Ukraine
- 2008: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , Poland
- 2008: Schewach Weiss , Israel, politician
- 2008: Michał Żejmis
- 2009: Fatos Lubonja, Albania
- 2009: Leopold Unger , Poland
- 2009: UN mission in Iraq
- 2010: Nagy El-Khoury and Mohammad al-Nokkari, Lebanon
- 2010: Memorial , Russia, human rights organization
- 2010: Andrzej Przewoźnik , Poland
- 2011: Bernard Kouchner , France, special award
- 2011: Hassan Omar Hassan, Kenya, member of the National Human Rights Commission
- 2011: Legal Aid Center »Halina Nieć«, Poland
- 2012: Urszula Nałęcz (Sister Rafaela), Poland
- 2012: Člověk v tisni ( People in Need ), Czech Republic
- 2013: Myrosław Marynowycz, Ukraine
- 2013: Denis Hurley Center, South Africa
- 2013: Adam Daniel Rotfeld , honorary award
- 2014: Leyla Yunus , Azerbaijan
- 2014 Center for Inter-Ethnic Dialogue and Tolerance »Amalipe«, Bulgaria
- 2015: Pietro Bartolo , Italy, doctor for refugees in Lampedusa
- 2015: “La Strada” foundation, Poland, is committed to combating human trafficking in Central and Eastern Europe
- 2015: Sergei Kowaljow , Russia, human rights activist, honorary award
Web links
- Nagroda im. Sérgio Vieira de Mello website (Polish)
- The Polish Prize of Sérgio Vieira de Mello Website (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Winner 2004 (Polish)
- ↑ Laureate 2005 (Polish)
- ↑ Prize Winner 2006 (Polish)
- ↑ Magurycz website (Polish)
- ↑ Prize Winner 2007 (Polish)
- ↑ Laureate 2008 (Polish)
- ^ Fatos Lubonja Balkans Couriers
- ↑ Prize Winner 2009 (Polish)
- ↑ gric.asso.fr ( 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.
- ↑ Prize Winner 2010 (Polish)
- ↑ Winner 2011 (Polish)
- ↑ Prize Winner 2012 (Polish)
- ↑ Wręczono Nagrody in. Sergio Vieira de Mello , June 11, 2015.
- ↑ Prize Winner 2015 (Polish)
