Martin Ennals Award 2019

The City of Geneva and the Martin Ennals Foundation have the honor to invite you to the 2019 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

Wednesday February 13 2019

18:00

Salle communale de Plainpalais, Geneva

With the support of the Republic and canton of Geneva.

The 2019 finalists

The laureate will be selected from among three 2019 finalists:

Eren Keskin (Turkey) is a lawyer who has been fighting for the rights of women, Kurds and the LGBTI community for over thirty years. She has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in March 2018, but is free while her case is under appeal.

Abdul Aziz Muhamat (Sudan) has been detained by Australia for 5 years in a detention centre for asylum seekers on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. He is a strong advocate for the rights of asylum seekers.

Marino Cordoba (Colombia) is an activist fighting for the political recognition and rights of the Afro-Colombian community, many of whom have been dispossessed of their land for the benefit of mining and forestry companies.

The jury

The finalists and laureate are selected by the Jury of the Martin Ennals Award, made up of ten of the world’s leading human rights organizations: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, FIDH, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Front Line Defenders, the International Commission of Jurists, Brot für die Welt, the International Service for Human Rights and HURIDOCS.

Screening of documentaries on the finalists and reception

Short documentaries on the life of these finalists will be screened for the first time, giving a glimpse of their fight and the particularly difficult conditions in which they work. The evening will conclude with a reception hosted by the City of Geneva, allowing the 2019 finalists, the Geneva community of human rights and the public to exchange in an informal setting.

Last year’s film portrait of the laureate can be seen here.

The City of Geneva has been supporting this award since 2005 as part of its commitment to the promotion of peace and human rights.

Save the date in your agenda. An invitation and the detailed programme of this evening open to the public will follow at the beginning of January.

Please register now on the Martin Ennals Award’s website to attend the ceremony.

For more information

- Learn about the 2019 finalists on the Martin Ennals Award website.

The 2019 Martin Ennals Award on social media:

- its Facebook event

- on Twitter: @martinennals #Ennals2019

The Office of external affairs

City of Geneva