Africa-Press – Angola. The four winners of the second edition of the National Human Rights Award will be announced today, during the final gala, taking place in Luanda, the coordinator of the technical group of the commission for organizing the award, Yannick Bernardo.
The also national director of Human Rights made it known that the four winners – one from each of the four categories of the award – will be found among 12 finalists, determined by the jury of the award.
The 12 finalists (three from each of the four categories) represent the provinces of Moxico, Huíla, Bengo, Luanda, Cunene and Cuanza-Sul.
Yannick Bernardo announced that each of the winners will receive two million kwanzas, a statuette (prize trophy), a certificate of participation and the inclusion of works in State programs and policies.
“That is, depending on the area of activity, they may benefit from a status of Public Utility”, revealed the coordinator of the technical group of the commission for the organization of the award, for whom the idea is to give visibility to the works. In addition to these stimuli, he said that the winners may be contemplated with more others offered by partner institutions of the initiative.
Unlike the first edition, in which only 62 candidates participated, Yannick Bernardo made it known that in this one, which comes to an end today, 132 participated. “In terms of feedback, the country continues to receive the National Human Rights Award very well. In addition, the number of candidacies present in this edition, which doubled. In other words, it almost tripled the number of the first edition, which had 62 candidacies”, he said.
The coordinator of the technical group of the commission for the organization of the prize informed that this edition presented a particularity in relation to the first, which consisted in the participation of all provinces, in addition to candidacies from abroad.
They are part of the four categories of the National Human Rights Award “Personality of the Year in Human Rights”, “Research in Human Rights”, “Community and Humanitarian Actions” and “Culture of Peace and Citizenship”.
This 2nd edition of the National Human Rights Award presented some innovations, such as the composition of the jury, which had three new members, namely the president, the current holder of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Marcy Lopes, a representative of the Human Rights site in 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 is intended for the annual distinction of 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, as well as unpublished works of a technical or scientific nature, in the form of monographs, documentaries or technical productions prepared individually or as a team.
The selection and approval of the application for the category of “Research in Human Rights” takes into account the 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 of knowledge of themes related to the problem.
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 a 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, with regard to improving human rights and citizenship.
In the “Culture of Peace and Citizenship” category, the National Human Rights Award considers candidacies 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.
The first edition of the National Human Rights Award was held in 2021 by the then Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queiroz, and the winners were the Human Rights Center of the Catholic University of Angola, ADRA-Regional and citizen Maria Teresa Manuela. Recognition was created by Presidential Decree No. 95/20, of April 9.
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