16/01/2023 | Prizes
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has today issued a call for nominations for the 2023 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The Prize, created in 2013, aims to reward outstanding civil society action...
10/10/2022 | Prizes
The tenth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza. The 60,000-euro prize was presented at a special ceremony on the opening day of the autumn plenary...
06/09/2022 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which rewards outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights in Europe and beyond, has today announced the shortlist for the 2022 Award. Meeting in Prague today, the panel – made up of independent figures from the world of...
01/06/2022 | Prizes
The deadline for the submission of nominations for the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize has been extended. The new deadline is 30 June 2022, instead of the original deadline of 30 April. The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded annually by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
26/04/2022 | Prizes
The 2022 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to İzmir in Turkey. Located on the Aegean Sea, İzmir is the second largest...
01/02/2022 | Prizes
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has today issued a call for nominations for the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The Prize, created in 2013, aims to reward outstanding civil society action...
30/09/2021 | Prizes
During a virtual presentation ceremony of the 2020 and 2021 European Diplomas, Kęstutis Masiulis (Lithuania, EPP/CD), Chairperson of the PACE Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize, praised the commitment of the 18 winning cities (12 cities in 2020 and 6 cities in 2021) in favour of a united Europe...
27/09/2021 | Prizes
The ninth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Belarusian human rights activist Maria Kalesnikava. The 60,000-euro prize was presented at a special ceremony on the opening day of the autumn plenary...
31/08/2021 | Prizes
Meeting today in Prague, the Selection Panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize paid tribute to its member Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc who passed away a few days ago: "It is with great sadness and emotion that the Selection Panel learned, the day before the meeting, of the sudden passing of...
31/08/2021 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which rewards outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe and beyond, has today announced the shortlist for the 2021 Prize. Meeting today in Prague, the panel – made up of independent figures from the world...
23/06/2021 | Prizes
The 2021 Council of Europe Museum Prize was awarded to Moscow’s Gulag History Museum during a special ceremony in Strasbourg’s Palais Rohan last night. PACE President Rik Daems presented the Museum’s Director Roman Romanov with the trophy, a bronze statuette by Joan Miró entitled “La femme aux...
28/04/2021 | Prizes
The deadline for the submission of nominations for the 2021 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize has been extended by two months. The new deadline is 30 June 2021, instead of the original deadline of 30 April. The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded annually by the Parliamentary Assembly of the...