Deadline: 10-Apr-22
Human Rights First has announced a call for nominations for the 2022 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award.
Named in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and the International League for Human Rights, the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award was established in 1989 and is presented in alternating years by Human Rights First to international human rights advocates and by the ACLU to advocates in the United States. This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the first Baldwin Award.
This year’s award will honor an individual or organization outside of the United States that has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to human rights advocacy in areas such as the protection of refugees; human rights accountability; countering extremism, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; or technology and human rights, among other topics.
The Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award was established in 1989 and named in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the organization later known as the International League for Human Rights.
Baldwin was a seminal figure in the development of the human rights movement in the United States, leading on domestic issues of what came to be referred to as civil rights and promoting international human rights.
The Baldwin Award is presented in even-numbered years by Human Rights First to a human rights advocate or organization outside the United States, and in odd-numbered years by the ACLU to an advocate or organization in the United States.
Award Details
A distinguished jury will select this year’s winner, who will receive a $30,000 prize and a trip to the United States to engage in advocacy, subject to public health-related travel restrictions. Where applicable, the prize may be subject to U.S. tax withholding.
Criteria
An individual or an organization can make nominations. Nominees will be judged based on the following criteria:
- The nominee’s work is unique or particularly distinctive;
- The nominee’s work has been effective in advancing human rights in a country other than the United States;
- The nominee faces risk or insecurity as a result of their work; and
- The nominee would benefit significantly from receiving the Baldwin Award in the form of enhanced protection or any other way.
For more information, visit https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/human-rights-first-calls-nominations-2022-roger-n-baldwin-medal-liberty-award