When: Monday, 1. March 2010
Where: Bergen / Global
Host: Rafto Foundation for Human Rights
Contact: (rafto(at)rafto.no / +47 55 21 09 30)
More info: www.rafto.no/?page=55&news=170
Criteria
Rafto laureates are selected on the following criteria:
1) A recipient should be an active participant in the struggle for the ideals and principles underlying the Human Rights Charter, or be an embodying symbol of these.
2) A recipient may be a person or an organisation, and two or more recipients may share the prize.
Candidates nominated by themselves or by their staff or by honorary officers will not be taken into consideration.
How to nominate?
The nomination form along with information on required documents can be found on www.rafto.no. Nominations will be accepted until 1 March 2010.
Selection of candidates
Recipients are selected by the Rafto Prize Committee. The 2010 Rafto Prize Committee is chaired by Siri Gloppen, Professor at the University of Bergen, Institute of Comparative Politics and Christian Michelsen Research Institute (CMI).
Rafto Prize 2010 – Announcement
The 2010 Rafto Prize Laureate will be announced on 23 September 2010 at 10.00 (Norwegian time) at the Rafto Human Rights House in Bergen, Norway.
Award ceremony and academic symposium
The Rafto Prize ceremony will be held on 7 November 2010 at the National Venue of Theatre (Den Nationale Scene) in Bergen, Norway. In connection with the prize awarding ceremony, the Rafto Foundation hosts a symposium bringing together experts in the field, to discuss human rights issues from different perspectives and disciplines. Rafto symposium 2010 will be held on 5 November at Grand Selskapslokaler in Bergen, Norway.
List of the Rafto Prize Laureates, in the reverse chronological order:
2009 – Malahat Nasibova, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
2008 – Bulambo Lembelembe Josué, the Democratic Republic of Congo
2007 – National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, India
2006 – Thich Quang Do, Vietnam
2005 – Lidia Yusupova, Chechnya
2004 – Rebiya Kadeer, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
2003 – Paulos Tesfagiorgis, Eritrea
2002 – Sidi Mohammed Daddach, Western Sahara
2001 – Shirin Ebadi, Iran
2000 – Kim Dae-jung, South-Korea
1999 – Gennady Grushevoy, Belarus
1998 – ECPAT, Thailand (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking)
1997 – The Romani people, represented by Ian Hancock, USA
1996 – Palermo Anno Uno, Italy
1995 – Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia, Russia
1994 – Leyla Zana, Kurdistan/Turkey
1993 – The people of East Timor, represented by José Ramos-Horta, East-Timor
1992 – Preah Maha Ghosananda, Cambodia
1991 – Elena Bonner, Russia
1990 – Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma
1989 – Doina Cornea, Romania and FIDESZ represented by Peter Molnar, Hungary
1988 – Trivimi Velliste, Estonia
1987 – Jiri Hajek, Czechoslovakia
For more information on the Laureates, see here.
Contact information
For questions please contact us by e-mail: rafto(at)rafto.no or phone: +47 55 21 09 30., www.rafto.no
