call for nominations for Martin Enn

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>Subject: call for nominations for Martin Ennals Award
>Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:37:00 +0200
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>Geneva, 26 August 1998
>re: Martin Ennals Award 1999
>
>Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>The Martin Ennals Foundation would like to invite you to nominate a deserving
>individual or organisation for the 1999 Martin Ennals Award (MEA).
>
>The deadline for nominations is 15 October 1998.
>
>Please find enclosed the MEA application form and a brochure, which will give
>you more information on the Award.
>
>Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.
>
>With best regards,
>
>
>
>Bert Verstappen
>MEF Consultant
>c/o HURIDOCS
>48, chemin de Grand-Montfleury
>CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
>Tel: 41.22.755.5252
>Fax: 41.22.755.5260
>E-mail: huridocs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>PS Please send any correspondence to the e-mail address
>huridocs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, and not to the mailing list.
>
>THE MARTIN ENNALS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
>NOMINATION FORM
>
>
>Name of Candidate:
>Address:
>Tel:
>Fax:
>E-mail:
>
>Brief particulars of the candidate (max. 50 words):
>(mention recent activities and their impact in protecting human rights)
>
>Reasons why the candidate merits the Award (max. 50 words):
>
>Referees and their address/telephone/fax/e-mail:
>
>1.
>
>2.
>
>3.
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>Nomination submitted by (name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail):
>
>Date:
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>THE MARTIN ENNALS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
>
>A human rights award in the name of Martin Ennals was created in 1993 by the
>Martin Ennals Foundation, established by his friends, family and colleagues.
>The Award is granted annually to an individual, or exceptionally an
>organisation, in recognition of their commitment and ongoing endeavour in the
>defence and promotion of human rights.
>
>Nominees must currently be involved in work for the  
>promotion and protection of human rights. Special account is  
>taken of those who have demonstrated an active record of
>combating human rights violations by courageous and innovative means. The
>Martin Ennals Award aims to encourage individuals or organisations,
>particularly those who are working in conditions hostile to fundamental
>human rights and who are in need of protection.
>
>The value of the annual Award is, at present, 20'000 Swiss Francs and is to
>be used for further work in the field of human rights. Exceptionally, the
>Board may decide to make an honorary Award.
>
>Procedure & Guidelines
>
>Anybody can nominate any individual or organisation by filling out the
>appropriate form. Please note that neither individuals nor organisations may
>nominate themselves. Nominations for the 1999 Award should reach the Martin
>Ennals Foundation by 15 October 1998. Receipt of nominations will not be
>acknowledged.
>
>The selection of the winning candidate is made by the Board of the Martin
>Ennals Foundation. A final decision is reached in February 1999.
>
>Any documentation attached to the nomination form should be copies as none
>will be returned. Should the candidate reach the final stage of the selection
>process, the MEF reserves the right to request further
>information and documentation concerning the candidate.
>
>The location of the Award ceremony varies. The first four ceremonies have
been
>held in Geneva, Uppsala, London and Mexico.
>
>The Board
>
>Members of the Board of the Martin Ennals Foundation are :
>
>- Adama Dieng, President (on behalf of the International Commission of
Jurists)
>- Hans Thoolen (the Netherlands), Treasurer
>- Leah Levin, Secretary (on behalf of International Alert)
>- Simia Ahmadi (on behalf of the International Federation of Human Rights)
>- Ricardo Dominice (on behalf of Defence for Children, International)
>- Frances D'Souza (on behalf of Article 19)
>- Marc Ennals (on behalf of the Ennals family)
>- Asma Jahangir (Pakistan)
>- Werner Lottje (on behalf of the Evangelical Churches of Germany)
>- Gerry O'Connell (on behalf of Amnesty International, Ireland)
>- Eric Sottas (on behalf of the World Organisation Against Torture)
>- Luis Perez Aguirre (Uruguay)
>
>They also make up the jury for the 1999 Award.
>
>HURIDOCS has accepted responsibility for administration of the nomination
>procedures and for organising the Award ceremony, through its Geneva-based
>international Secretariat.
>
>MARTIN ENNALS (1927-1991)
>
>If anyone can be remembered for a life-time of active dedication to human
>rights, it is surely Martin Ennals. Each day, his formidable contribution is
>reflected in the effective world-wide organisation he helped to build up,
>Amnesty International (1968-80), and in those NGOs  
>established at his initiative and active participation, such  
>as the HURIDOCS Network (1982); Article 19 (1985-86),  
>International Alert (1985-90) and the European Human Rights  
>Foundation; and others which he supported from their  
>conception, including the Rehabilitation Centre for Torture  
>Victims, the International Service for Human Rights, Defence  
>for Children International, and SOS Torture.
>
>Alongside his international commitments, he was also closely  
>involved with a wide range of national organisations.  
>Martin's quintessential role was first to engage himself,  
>and then to inspire others to do the same. When he died at  
>the age of 64 on 5 October 1991, he left behind a vigorous  
>world of human rights organisations which continue his work  
>and maintain and strengthen his vision.
>
>Remember me, if anything, as a networker
>- Martin Ennals -
>
>Past recipients
>
>1994: Harry Wu (China) Former prisoner in the Chinese Laogai. After his
>release, he and his wife returned, secretly, to China to further document
>conditions in the Laogai. In 1995 he was arrested and only released after
>a vigorous international campaign.
>
>1995: Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) Lawyer. In spite of threats, she has taken on
>unpopular causes such as bonded-labour and has fought against religious
>extremism. She is a founding member of the Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan
>and the Women's Action Forum.
>
>1996: Clement Nwankwo (Nigeria) human rights activist who co-founded the
Civil
>Liberties Organisation and founded the Constitutional Rights Project (CRP),
>which belong to Africa's most outspoken and respected national human rights
>groups. An untiring worker for a just and peaceful Nigeria.
>
>1997: Msg. Samuel Ruiz Garcia (Mexico) Bishop of the Diocese of Chiapas and
>advocate of the poor and indigenous people. He has been the mediator between
>the Mexican government and the Zapatista National Liberation Army.
>
>1998: Dr. Eyad Rajab El Sarraj (Palestine) founder and Medical Director of
the
>Gaza Community Mental Health Program. Dr. Sarraj has developed an independent
>mental health service which provides urgently needed support for the large
>number of people affected by the upheaval of the Intifada and the organised
>violence of the Israeli occupation.
>
>Martin's life and work were inspired by his commitment to human rights,
making
>him a pioneer of the human rights movement. Martin stood at the cradle of
many
>national and international organisations working for human dignity, political
>freedom, social justice, and peace. He defended human rights at times and in
>places when and where human rights were not popular, and not high on anyone's
>agenda
>- Theo Van Boven
>
>With the death of Martin Ennals, the human rights world has lost a towering
>champion who displayed unparalleled commitment to the development of a global
>concern for human rights. There will be many people who will remember Martin,
>for it is in his relation to people that his true greatness lies: his ability
>to talk to the victim and to the prince, and to be persistent in the quest
for
>a more humane world with better standards. I know of no other who can measure
>up to him.
>- Kumar Rupesinghe
>
>Making a contribution
>
>Your contribution will go directly to the Award's capital fund, by which
>support for the work of deserving human rights activists by means of an
annual
>award is ensured. You may specify that your contribution is meant for the
>current year's award, if this is preferred.
>
>Bank account:
>
>MEA/MEF
>UBS
>Centre W. Rappard
>154 rue de Lausanne
>CH-1211 Geneva
>Account number D 7-105.221.0
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