21/08/2025 | Prizes
The Selection Panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize will meet on Tuesday 26 August in Prague to determine a shortlist of three nominees from among the candidatures received. This shortlist – three individuals or organisations judged to have undertaken outstanding action in defence of human...
23/06/2025 | Session
The 2025 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment has been awarded to the Women of the Sun organisation from Palestine*, which seeks to create pathways and opportunities for Palestinian women to enter fields traditionally dominated by men, including in politics, business and technology. The 60,000...
06/06/2025 | Prizes
Mayors from across Europe, leading officials from the Council of Europe and parliamentarians gathered in Donostia/San Sebastián in Spain today to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Europe Prize during a series of commemorative events. The Prize, created by the Parliamentary Assembly of the...
02/06/2025 | Prizes
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly presented the third 'Human Rights in Motion' Award at the Kraków Film Festival on Sunday, 1 June. The international jury selected The Gardener, the Buddhist and the Spy, a documentary by Håvard Bustnes, as the winner. The Human Rights in Motion Award...
30/05/2025 | Prizes
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will mark the 70th anniversary of the Europe Prize with a conference and a special ceremony organised with the municipality of Donostia/San Sebastián (Spain) on Friday 6 June 2025. In the morning, members of the PACE Sub-Committee on the Europe...
12/05/2025 | Prizes
The deadline for submitting applications for the 2025 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize has been extended to 30 June 2025. The Prize, created in 2013, is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77...
02/05/2025 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment, which rewards outstanding initiatives to promote the empowerment of women in all their diversity in Europe and beyond, has today announced the shortlist for the second edition of the Award. Meeting in Strasbourg, the panel – made up...
08/04/2025 | Prizes
The 2025 Europe Prize has been awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to the city of Gaziantep in Türkiye. The Prize is awarded each year to the city that has been most active in promoting the European ideal. Gaziantep is a city of 1,200,000 inhabitants located in...
07/04/2025 | Prizes
During a special ceremony held on 7 April 2025 in the chamber of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg, the 2025 Council of Europe Museum Prize was awarded to Euskararen Etxea, the House of Basque Language, in Bilbao, Spain. The award was announced last December by PACE’s Culture Committee...
28/03/2025 | Prizes
There’s a month left to submit nominations for the 2025 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The deadline is 30 April 2025. The Prize, awarded annually by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, rewards...
18/03/2025 | Prizes
The President of the Assembly presented the second Human Rights in Motion Award for 2025 on Sunday, 16 March, at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. The jury selected the documentary Coexistence, My Ass!, which also won the Golden Alexander, the festival's top prize. The winners received €5...
04/02/2025 | Prizes
The first “Human Rights in Motion” Award was granted on Friday 31 January in Biarritz by PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos to Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc, the directors of the documentary Papa-Tata, in the framework of the Fipadoc International Documentary Film Festival in Biarritz. The...