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Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
LocationNuremberg
Country Germany
Reward(s)15.000€ ($17,000 USD)
First awardedSeptember 17, 1995 (1995-09-17)
Websitehttps://www.nuernberg.de/internet/menschenrechte_e/menschenrechtspreis_e.html


The Nuremberg International Human Rights Award is a German award founded on September 17, 1995. The date chosen is significant; 60 years earlier, the Nuremberg Race Laws were adopted. Also, on September 17, 1939, Poland was invaded by the Soviet Union, soon after the German invasion that marked the beginning of World War II

The winner is endowed with 15,000 euros (20,235 USD).

Previous Winners

Year Name Country
1995 Sergei Kovaljov  Russia
1997 Khémaïs Chammari  Tunisia
Abie Nathan  Israel
1999 Fatimata M'Baye  Mauritania
2001 Samuel Ruiz García  Mexico
2003 Teesta Setalvad  India
Ibn Abdur Rehman  Pakistan
2005 Tamara Chikunova  Uzbekistan
2007 Eugénie Musayidire  Rwanda
2009 Abdolfattah Soltani  Iran
2011 Hollman Morris  Colombia
2013 Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera  Uganda
2015 Amirul Haque Amin  Bangladesh

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