Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award
| Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel |
| Country | Israel |
| Presented by | Association for Civil Rights in Israel |
| First awarded | 1981 |
The Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award is an award made annually by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel to "an individual or NGO that has made a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel". The award was established in 1981 but was renamed in 1983 after the murder of activist Emil Grunzweig by a grenade thrown by a right-wing activist during a Peace Now demonstration against the war in Lebanon.
Winners of the award
Winners of the award have included:
- 1981 – Gabriel Stern, journalist for Al Hamishmar
- 1982 – Yehuda Litani, Haaretz reporter in the occupied territories; special posthumous recognition to Dr. Robert Walsh, a Jewish journalist in Germany
- 1983 – Lieutenant Colonel Dov Yirmiya, for his activities promoting the welfare of civilians in Lebanon; this was the first year the award was named after Emil Grunzweig
- 1984 – Moshe Negbi, editor of the radio program "Din Udvarim"
- 1985 – Baruch Meiri, journalist for Maariv
- 1986 – Prof. Yitzhak Zamir, former legal advisor to the government
- 1987 – High court justice Zvi Berenson
- 1988 – Reporters in the occupied territories
- 1989 – Alice Shalvi, the founder of the Israel Women's Network
- 1990 – Yitzhak Kadman, head of the Israel National Council for the Child
- 1991 – Dr. Lotta Saltzburger, a founder of the Hotline for Victims of Violence
- 1992 – Bassem Eid, the founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group; special award to Mr. James Ya'acov Rosenthal, journalist, for his lifelong devotion to human rights
- 1993 – Eyal Simchoni, attorney
- 1994 – Yitzhak Clinton Bailey, campaigner for Bedouin rights
- 1995 – Foundation for aid to women and girls victims of violence in the Arab sector
- 1996 – Gideon Levy, Haaretz journalist
- 1997 – Community Defense, a legal organisation that assists residents of impoverished neighborhoods in obtaining their rights; the Gouarish family for agreeing to donate the organs of their son, killed by Israeli Defence Forces fire, to recipients both Jewish and Arab
- 1998 – Workers' Hotline, for their activities promoting the rights of foreign workers; Major General Hareven; special lifetime award to Shulamit Aloni
- 1999 – Physicians for Human Rights and its founder Ruchama Marton
- 2000 – Haaretz journalist Dr. Yossi Algazi
- 2002 – Miriam Darmoni Sharvit and Sigal Rosen of the hotline for foreign workers
- 2003 – the women of Machsom Watch, organization of Israeli women who monitor checkpoints
- 2004 – Hanna Safran, feminist
- 2006 – Adva Center for analysis of Israeli policy
- 2007 – Kolech ("Your Voice", fem.), the religious Zionist feminist movement
- 2008 – The group for free legal aid for foreign workers at Tel Aviv University
- 2009 – Ruth and Paul Kedar of the Yesh Din organization for human rights
External links
- "The Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award". Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Full list of prizewinners from 1991 onward.
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