Lech Wałęsa Award
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The Lech Wałęsa Award is an international prize established by former Polish president Lech Wałęsa to honor individuals and organizations promoting democracy, human rights, and civil liberties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lech Wałęsa Award canonical | 1 |
| Lech Wałęsa Prize | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8785095 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lech Wałęsa Award Context triple: [Lina Ben Mhenni, awardReceived, Lech Wałęsa Award]
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A.
Solidarity Award
The Solidarity Award is a Polish honor recognizing individuals for their significant contributions to the democratic opposition and the Solidarity movement.
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B.
Willy Brandt Prize
The Willy Brandt Prize is a German award named after former Chancellor Willy Brandt that honors individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to international understanding, peace, and European cooperation.
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C.
Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is a prestigious international award presented by the Council of Europe to honor outstanding civil society action in defense of human rights.
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D.
Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent
The Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent is an international human-rights award honoring individuals who use innovative, nonviolent forms of artistic or civic expression to challenge authoritarianism and defend freedom.
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E.
Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize
The Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize is an award presented by the Lannan Foundation to honor individuals whose work courageously advances social justice, human rights, and freedom of expression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lech Wałęsa Award Target entity description: The Lech Wałęsa Award is an international prize established by former Polish president Lech Wałęsa to honor individuals and organizations promoting democracy, human rights, and civil liberties.
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A.
Solidarity Award
The Solidarity Award is a Polish honor recognizing individuals for their significant contributions to the democratic opposition and the Solidarity movement.
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B.
Willy Brandt Prize
The Willy Brandt Prize is a German award named after former Chancellor Willy Brandt that honors individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to international understanding, peace, and European cooperation.
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C.
Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is a prestigious international award presented by the Council of Europe to honor outstanding civil society action in defense of human rights.
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D.
Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent
The Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent is an international human-rights award honoring individuals who use innovative, nonviolent forms of artistic or civic expression to challenge authoritarianism and defend freedom.
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E.
Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize
The Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize is an award presented by the Lannan Foundation to honor individuals whose work courageously advances social justice, human rights, and freedom of expression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | international award ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Solidarity movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
activities supporting civil society
ⓘ
activities supporting democracy ⓘ activities supporting human rights ⓘ |
| awardingBody | Lech Wałęsa Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | political and social rights awards ⓘ |
| ceremonyVenue | Gdańsk Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| eligibility |
individuals
ⓘ
organizations ⓘ |
| field |
civil society development
ⓘ
democracy promotion ⓘ human rights defense ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2008 ⓘ |
| founder | Lech Wałęsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
diploma
ⓘ
monetary prize ⓘ statuette ⓘ |
| hasJury | international jury ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ilw.org.pl ⓘ |
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| location | Gdańsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | support for freedom and solidarity ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lech Wałęsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Aleksander Milinkievič
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arab Spring activists NERFINISHED ⓘ Aung San Suu Kyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardinal Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyudmila Alexeyeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Khodorkovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ opposition in Belarus ⓘ |
| organizer | Lech Wałęsa Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Lech Wałęsa Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
promotion of civil liberties
ⓘ
promotion of democracy ⓘ promotion of human rights ⓘ |
| region | global ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nobel Peace Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | jury decision ⓘ |
| sponsor | Lech Wałęsa Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalAwardDate | September ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Lech Wałęsa Award Description of subject: The Lech Wałęsa Award is an international prize established by former Polish president Lech Wałęsa to honor individuals and organizations promoting democracy, human rights, and civil liberties.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lech Wałęsa Prize