Three candidates shortlisted for the 2022 Václav Havel Prize
The selection board of Václav Havel Human Rights Prizewhich rewards outstanding action by civil society in favor of human rights in Europe and beyond, has announced the list of finalists for the 2022 prize. of man and chaired by Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – has decided to shortlist the following three candidates, in alphabetical order:
Vladimir Kara Murza is a Russian politician, author and historian. He is one of the opposition leaders in the Russian Federation and coordinator of the Open Russia Foundation, founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Mr. Kara-Murza was arrested in April 2022 and faces up to 10 years in prison.
The Rainbow Coalition/Invalid Campaign for LGBTQIA+ Rights is a coalition of human rights organizations, LGBTQIA+ rights groups and other civic movements. The Rainbow Coalition campaigns and mobilizes support for LGBTQIA+ rights in Hungary.
The Ukrainian coalition 5 a.m. is a coalition of Ukrainian human rights organizations whose goal is to uncover, document, collect and preserve evidence, while raising awareness of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine during the war ongoing aggression by the Russian Federation.
The overall winner of the 2022 Prize is expected to be announced at the opening of PACE’s autumn plenary session in Strasbourg on 10 October. The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded annually by the PACE, in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation. It consists of a sum of 60,000 euros, a trophy and ‘A degree.