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Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe

Call for Nominations: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2025

Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe
Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe

Call for Nominations: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2025

The Prize, which will be awarded in October 2025 in Strasbourg, consists of a sum of €60,000, a trophy and a diploma.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has issued a call for nominations for the 2025 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.

The Prize, created in 2013, aims to reward outstanding civil society action in defending human rights in Europe and beyond. Candidates should have made a real difference to the human rights situation of a given group, been instrumental in uncovering large-scale systemic violations, or have successfully mobilised public opinion or the international community for a particular cause. read more

Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe

Human Rights: Three Candidates Shortlisted for the 2024 Václav Havel Prize

2024 Václav Havel Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe
2024 Václav Havel Prize. Photo courtesy: Council of Europe

Human Rights: Three Candidates Shortlisted for the 2024 Václav Havel Prize

The overall winner of the 2024 Prize is due to be announced at the opening of PACE’s Autumn plenary session in Strasbourg on 30 September.

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 announced the shortlist for the 2024 Award.

Meeting in Prague, the panel – made up of independent figures from the world of human rights and chaired by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Theodoros Rousopoulos – decided to shortlist the following three nominees, in alphabetical order: read more