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Baldwin Award: Call For Nominations

The Roger N. Baldwin Medal Of Liberty Award  for International Human Rights Defenders

Human Rights First is currently accepting nominations for the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award for International Human Rights Defenders. Those involved in human rights throughout the world are encouraged to nominate individuals or organizations who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to international human rights advocacy. The award will be presented during a ceremony in the spring of 2007 and the winner will receive a $25,000 prize.

Some criteria to consider and include when nominating an organization or individual:

• Whether the nominee’s work is unique or particularly distinctive in their country;
• Whether the nominee’s work has been effective in advancing human rights in their country;
• Whether the nominee’s work has been effective in advancing human rights internationally;
• Whether the nominee faces any risk or insecurity as a result of the work; and
• Whether the nominee would benefit significantly from receiving the Baldwin Award, either financially or as a result of publicity, in the form of enhanced protection, or in any other way.

The Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award, named in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and the International League for Human Rights, was established in 1989 and is presented in alternating years by Human Rights First and the ACLU.

Previous Recipients of the Award include:

1990   Olisa Ogbakoba                      Nigeria Civil Liberties Organization (Nigeria)

1992  Hakim Nusantara                     Legal Aid Institute – LBH (Indonesia)

1994  Yavuz Onin                              Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (Turkey)

1996  Carlos Beas Torres                   Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Isthmus
       (Mexico)

1998  Kek Galabru, Thun Saray         LICADHO, ADHOC (Cambodia)

2002  Dr. Thierno Sow                       Guinean Organization for Human Rights (Guinea)

2004  Amigo Ngonde Funsu               ASADHO  (Democratic Republic of Congo)

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