Victor Gollancz Prize
TheVictor Gollancz Prizeis an internationalhuman rightsprize awarded by theSociety for Threatened Peoples.It is named for British humanitarian SirVictor Gollancz.[1]
The prize is awarded inGöttingen.
Laureates
[edit]- 2000: The society Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa, Bosnia-Hercegovina, for their work to identify the victims of theSrebrenica Genocide
- 2001: Zainap Gaschajewa and Lipkan Basajewa, Chechnya, for their humanitarian work and documenting of crimes in Chechnya
- 2003: The Society of Former Female Bosnian Concentration Camp Prisoners, Bosnia-Hercegovina, for their humanitarian work for the survivors of the Serb concentration camps and organizedwar rapecampaigns, and the Widows of Barzan-Tal, Iraq, for their work for the families of the victims of the Barzan-Tal massacre
- 2004:Libkan Basaeva,Chechnya
- 2005:Sergei Kovalev,Russia, for his documenting of Russian crimes in Chechnya and his work within the Memorial organization, andMustafa Dzhemilev,for his work for the Crimean Tatars
- 2008:Halima Bashir,West Sudan/Darfur, for her work for the people of Darfur, andJovan Divjak,for humanitarian work for children in Sarajevo
- 2009:Memorial,Russia[2][3]
- 2014:Bernard Kouchner,former French foreign minister and co-founder ofDoctors without Borders,in recognition of his "lifelong, unwavering commitment to fight crimes against humanity"[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Home - Victor-Gollancz-Grundschule".victor-gollancz-grundschule.de.
- ^"Waynakh Online » Memorial Received the Victor Gollancz Prize".www.waynakh.com.
- ^"Chechnyan President forces Victor Gollancz Prize-winner Oleg Orlov to face a court hearing".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-15.Retrieved2014-06-20.
- ^Invitation to the awarding of the "Victor Gollancz Prize" to Bernard KouchnerArchived2015-05-18 at theWayback Machine,gfbv.de