Homo Homini Award Explained

The Homo Homini Award (Latin: "A human to another human") is given annually by the Czech human rights organization People in Need to "an individual in recognition of a dedication to the promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts".^[1] The award is presented at the One World Film Festival, the world's largest human rights film festival.^[2]

Winners of the Homo Homini Award

Past winners of the Homo Homini Award include the following:^[3]

• 1994: Sergei Kovalev
• 1997: Szeto Wah
• 1998: Ibrahim Rugova
• 1999: Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas
• 2000: Min Ko Naing
• 2001: Zackie Achmat
• 2002: Thích Huyền Quang, Thích Quảng Độ and Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý
• 2003: Nataša Kandić
• 2004: Gheorghe Briceag
• 2005: Ales Bialatski and the Belarusian organisation Viasna
• 2006: Svetlana Gannushkina
• 2007: Su Su Nway, Phyu Phyu Thin, and Nilar Thein
• 2008: Liu Xiaobo, and symbolically to all of the signatories of Charter 08
• 2009: Majid Tavakoli and Abdollah Momeni
• 2010: Azimzhan Askarov
• 2011: Doctors Coordinate of Damascus
• 2012: Intiqam Aliyev
  • 2013: Sapijat Magomedova 2014: Souad Nawfal
• 2015: eleven dissidents from the formerly imprisoned 75 Cuban dissidents, who refused to leave the country to fight for democracy
• 2016: Committee for the Prevention of Torture (Russia)
• 2017: Phạm Đoan Trang
• 2018: Francisca Ramírez
• 2019: Buzurgmehr Yorov^[4]
• 2020: Marfa Rabkova, Andrei Chapiuk, Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa of the Viasna Human Rights Centre^[5]
• 2021: Mahienour El-Massry^[6]
• 2022: Javier Tarazona, venezuelan activist^[7]

External links

• Homo Homini award site

Notes and References

1. Web site: THE HOMO HOMINI AWARD. People in Need. 24 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928090314/http://www.clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=548. 28 September 2011. dead. dmy-all.
2. News: At Prague Festival, Movies With a Conscience . Jacy Meyer . 4 March 2011 . The New York Times . 24 May 2011.
3. Web site: PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF THE HOMO HOMINI AWARD . People in Need . 18 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110501192644/http://clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=549 . 1 May 2011 .
4. Web site: The Homo Homini Award for 2019 will be presented to prominent Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov. People in. Need. People in Need.
5. Web site: 2021-05-11. Belarusian Human Rights Defenders Awarded With Homo Homini Prize. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514030646/https://charter97.org/en/news/2021/5/11/421870/. 2021-05-14. 2021-07-28. naviny.by. Charter 97. en.
6. Web site: Need . People in . Homo Homini Award . 2022-06-20 . People in Need . en.
7. https://www.peopleinneed.net/brave-venezuelan-activist-wins-this-years-homo-homini-award-10154gp peopleinneed.net