The Martin Ennals Award is selected by the International Human Rights Community and given to Human Rights Defenders who have shown deep commitment and face great personal risk. The aim of the award is to provide protective publicity. The Martin Ennals Award is considered to be the main award of the human rights movement and [...]
“We were breaking new ground”
Hans Thoolen talks about the excitement of founding HURIDOCS, why the human rights community nowadays resembles a church with too many priests (and too few believers) and what made Latin American human rights defenders embrace technology before everyone else. Looking back at decades of involvement in human rights work, he also sketches out his idea [...]
How to organise 40,000 photos? (And why bother to do it)
Why is it important to keep things in order? It takes time and keeps you away from actual work. “Only the stupid need organisation — the genius controls the chaos”, Albert Einstein supposedly said. So why bother? Why have an organisation like HURIDOCS that helps others build databases, organise (and build) their websites and train [...]
Syrian human rights defender wins Martin Ennals Award 2010
texte en français ci-dessous texto en español debajo PRESS RELEASE Friday 7 May 2010 The main award of the international human rights movement in 2010 goes to a Syrian human rights defender lingering in prison The Jury of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA), meeting in Geneva, announces its Laureate for 2010 [...]
2010 Grant for Democracy and Human Rights Projects in Asia (GDHRPA)
2010 Grant for Democracy and Human Rights Projects in Asia (GDHRPA) Background The May 18 Memorial Foundation is a non-profit organization established to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Uprising by continuing the Uprising’s spirit of struggle and solidarity, contributing to the peaceful reunification of Korea, and working towards peace and human rights throughout the world. The [...]
The May 18 Memorial Foundation launches its 2010 Human Rights Award
sommaire en français Le May 18 Memorial Foundation annonce son Prix des Droits de l’Homme pour l’année 2010. Pour plus des détails, voir http://eng.518.org/eng/html/main.html (en anglais) resumen en español La May 18 Memorial Foundation anuncia su Precio de Derechos Humanos para el año 2010. Para más detalles, véase http://eng.518.org/eng/html/main.html (en inglés) The May 18 Memorial Foundation launches its [...]
