Africa-Press – Angola. The three finalists in each of the four categories of the second edition of the National Human Rights Award will be announced on the 27th of this month, the coordinator of the technical group of the commission for organizing the award told on Monday, Yanick Bernardo.
The National Director of Human Rights also said that the process of evaluating the applications is currently underway, to see if they meet the requirements stipulated by the regulation, noting that those that are in contradiction with the stipulations in this document guiding the award will be expurgated.
After the evaluation phase of the candidacies proposed for the prize, continued the National Director of Human Rights, the moment will move on to the analysis of the selected candidacies, so that, on the 27th of this month, the three finalists of each one of the four competition categories.
Yanick Bernardo said that the final gala, where the winners of each category will be announced, is scheduled for May 5th. The technical coordinator of the commission for organizing the prize revealed that each of the winners will receive the sum of two million Kwanzas, a statuette (prize trophy) and a certificate of participation. He clarified that this is the stimulus that the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is committed to giving to the winners, having left open the possibility of other incentives coming from partners who, seeing the size of the winners, could help them with more others stimuli.
Unlike the first edition, in which only 62 candidates participated, Yanick Bernardo made it known that 132 are participating in this one. “In terms of feedback, the country continues to receive the National Human Rights Award very well. present in this edition, which doubled, that is, almost tripled even the first edition, which had 62 candidacies”, he said. He informed that this second edition of the National Human Rights Award presents a “particularity” that consists of the participation of all provinces, in addition to candidacies from abroad. “This is an edition that promises”, highlighted the National Director of Human Rights, for whom the engagement and impact, at the level of social networks, was greater. ”
The four categories of the National Human Rights Award are: “Personality of the Year in Human Rights”, “Human Rights Research”, “Community and Humanitarian Actions” and “Culture of Peace and Citizenship”. This 2nd edition of the National Human Rights Award presents some innovations, such as the composition of the jury, which has three new members, namely the president who is the current holder of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Marcy Lopes, a representative of the Local Human Rights Committee of the province of Bengo and one of the Council of Christian Churches in Angola.
Relevance and excellence count towards the distinction
The National Human Rights Award aims to annually distinguish, for relevance and excellence, personalities and institutions that make outstanding contributions to the protection, promotion and deepening of human rights and citizenship in the country or to the prestige of organizations operating in the sector. The Prize considers candidacies from natural persons, through a dossier explaining the candidate’s performance, promotion, defense and protection of human rights and citizenship.
Unpublished works of a technical or scientific nature, in the form of monographs, documentaries or technical productions prepared individually or in teams. The selection and approval of the application for the category of “Research in Human Rights” takes into account technical or scientific objectivity, with emphasis on the relevance from the point of view of the promotion and protection of human rights and citizenship, in Angola, contribution to the deepening knowledge of issues related to the issue of human rights and citizenship in Angola.In the field of “Community and Humanitarian Actions”, the prize considers the actions, conduct or activities of the competitors, within the scope of human rights and citizenship, with relevant impact on community life and citizenship.
Applications for the category of “Community and Humanitarian Associations” are selected and approved, taking into account the objectivity of the action, in terms of political, partisan or religious impartiality, community social relevance, in terms of means, instruments and methodology, results achieved in the target community, in terms of quality of life and impact on community life, with regard to improving human rights and citizenship.
In the “Culture of Peace and Citizenship” category, the National Human Rights Award considers applications submitted by natural or legal persons, public or private, who have carried out actions or activities with a special impact in the field of combating violence, preventing crime , solidarity and support for victims of crimes against life, personal integrity, personal freedom or sexual freedom and self-determination, social harmony and the promotion of a culture of peace in Angolan society.
The selection and approval of candidacies for the “Culture of Peace and Citizenship” category takes into account the social impact of the action, conduct or activity, as evidenced by public knowledge of it, scope of the action, conduct or activity, in terms of social universe benefited, concrete results achieved, resulting from the action, conduct or activity in question, effective impact of the results in promoting a culture of peace and respect, preservation and promotion of human rights and citizenship in Angola. National for Human Rights was held in 2021, by the then Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queiroz, and the Human Rights Center of the Catholic University of Angola, ADRA-Regional and citizen Maria Teresa Manuela were the winners.The National Human Rights Award was created by Presidential Decree No. 95/20 of 9 April.
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