United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

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United Nations prize human rights award

The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights is a prestigious UN honor awarded periodically to individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide.

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Label Occurrences
United Nations Human Rights Prize 3
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights canonical 3
UN Human Rights Prize 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations prize ⓘ
human rights award ⓘ
administeredBy Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
aim encourage continued efforts in human rights promotion ⓘ
highlight exemplary human rights work worldwide ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
surface form: UN Human Rights Prize
awardedFor outstanding contributions to the promotion of human rights ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the protection of human rights ⓘ
category international award ⓘ
ceremonyCity New York City ⓘ
ceremonyCountry United States of America ⓘ
ceremonyDate 10 December ⓘ
ceremonyHeldOn Human Rights Day ⓘ
ceremonyLocation United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
country United Nations ⓘ
eligibleRecipients groups ⓘ
individuals ⓘ
institutions ⓘ
organizations ⓘ
establishedBy United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolution
establishedInContextOf commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
field human rights ⓘ
firstAwarded 1968 ⓘ
firstAwardedOnOccasionOf 20th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
frequency every five years ⓘ
hasComponent bronze plaque ⓘ
citation ⓘ
inception 1966 ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
monetaryValue no monetary reward ⓘ
notableRecipient Amnesty International ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Eleanor Roosevelt (posthumous recognition via early laureates)

International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
presentedBy Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
relatedTo United Nations human rights system ⓘ
surface form: United Nations human rights mechanisms

Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
scope worldwide ⓘ
selectionBy committee appointed by the United Nations General Assembly President ⓘ
selectionCriteria impact on promotion and protection of human rights ⓘ
leadership in human rights advocacy ⓘ
significant contributions to human rights ⓘ
status active ⓘ
symbolizes global recognition of human rights defenders ⓘ
typicalNumberOfLaureatesPerCycle multiple laureates ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malala Yousafzai → awardReceived → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
Amnesty International → awarded → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Human Rights Prize
Marian Anderson → awardReceived → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Peace Prize
Hina Jilani → awardReceived → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights
Amnesty → awarded → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
Helen Suzman → awardReceived → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Human Rights Award
Deng Pufang → awardReceived → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Human Rights Prize
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim → awardReceived → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Human Rights Prize
Jiří Hájek → awardReceived → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Human Rights Prize