[psych-hr] Call for Nominations: 2006 RFK Human Rights Award

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS--2006 ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights is now accepting
nominations for the 2006 RFK Human Rights Award.

The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award was established in 1984 to honor
creative individuals who are engaged in strategic and nonviolent efforts
to overcome serious human rights violations. Presented annually, the RFK
Human Rights Award reflects Robert Kennedy's opposition to tyranny and his
belief in the power of individual moral courage to overcome injustice. The
recipient of the RFK Human Rights Award becomes a laureate-partner with
the RFK Center for Human Rights (CHR). The CHR provides complementary
advocacy to the laureate-partner and his/her organization in support of
long-term, sustainable social justice goals. To date, there are 36
laureates working in 21 countries. For a complete list of laureates and
the work the CHR does in support of them, please visit
{http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=57117189&u=525470 
}.
 
The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights (CHR) engages in
long-term partnerships with social justice activists to initiate and
support sustainable social justice movements. The CHR also leverages
professional human rights staff, the Kennedy family, and their networks to
advocate for the change our partner activists seek; these include changing
policies and actions of governments, intergovernmental organizations,
international financial institutions (IFIs), and corporations. The CHR
focuses on using innovative tools to achieve sustainable social justice,
including litigation involving several of these entities (e.g. US
government, the European Union, the Inter-American Development Bank);
advocating with UN entities (e.g. UN Peacekeeping Missions, UN Special
Rapporteurs); and launching consumer awareness campaigns aimed at
fostering corporate responsibility.

Information and regulations:
 
*The nominee must be currently active in human rights advocacy in the
country where the human rights violations against which s/he is fighting
are taking place.
*The nominee must be part of, and/or lead, a human rights campaign or
organization.
*The human rights award recipient will receive a cash prize of $30,000
USD.
*The potential for the CHR to engage in complementary advocacy on behalf
of the nominee is a major criteria for selection of the human rights award
recipient.
*The nomination cycle will close on April 15, 2006.
*The human rights award winner will be announced in September 2006. The
award will be presented during the annual RFK Human Rights Award Ceremony
in Washington, DC in November 2006.
*More information on the nomination and selection process can be accessed
at
{http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=57117189&u=525471
}.
*The nomination form can be accessed at
{http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=57117189&u=525472
}.
 

For questions, please contact Gloria Shen at shen@rfkmemorial.org or
202-463-7575 x244.
Our postal address is 1367 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 200 Washington,
District of Columbia 20036 United States



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