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Call for Nominations: 2008 United Nations Prize in the Field of Human
Rights

Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

[Please note: The information below has been adapted directly from the
source.]

Nominations are now being sought for the 2008 United Nations Prize in
the
Field of Human Rights. The prize will be awarded at an event at United
Nations Headquarters in New York on 10 December 2008, as part of the
annual
commemoration of Human Rights Day.

The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights was instituted by
the
General Assembly in 1966 (Res. 2217/XXI of 19 December 1966), and was
awarded for the first time on 10 December 1968 on the occasion of the
commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration
of
Human Rights. Thereafter, the prize has been awarded in 1973, 1978,
1988,
1993, 1998 and then in 2003. The prize is honorary in nature and is
awarded
approximately every five years to individuals and organizations in
recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of human rights.

A special committee has been entrusted by the General Assembly with the
selection of laureates from nominations sought from Member States,
specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations in consultative
status and from other appropriate sources, in accordance with the
above-mentioned resolution. This committee is composed of the President
of
the General Assembly, the President of the Economic and Social Council,
the
Presidents of the Human Rights Council, the Chair of the Commission on
the
Status of Women and Chairman of the Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee.

The Prize is an opportunity not only to give public recognition to the
achievements of the awardees themselves, but also to a send a clear
message
to human rights defenders the world over that the international
community is
grateful for, and supports, their tireless efforts to promote all human
rights for all.

Deadline for Nominations: Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

For further information (including instructions about eligibility and
the
procedures for nominations), please visit
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/hrprize2008.aspx

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