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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-05-31
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[01] Pourgourides elected member of Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize Panel
[01] Pourgourides elected member of Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize Panel
Former Member of the House of Representatives Christos Pourgourides,
Lifetime Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
was elected member of the newly launched Václav Havel Human Rights Prize,
which aims to reward outstanding civil society action in the defence of
human rights in Europe and beyond.
The prize, to be awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel
Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, is open to nominations from any
individual, non-governmental organisation or institution working to
defend human rights, and will be worth €60 000.
The selection panel is made up of the President of PACE and six
independent figures known for their high moral standing and expertise
in the field of human rights.
The Prize will be awarded at a ceremony during the autumn PACE plenary
session in October in Strasbourg. The Václav Havel Library will
then organise an international conference in Prague in honour of the
prizewinner`s contribution to promoting human rights.
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