2022 Nobel Peace Prize

2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties
Bialiatski (top left), Memorial (top right), and Center for Civil Liberties (bottom) "for their efforts in documenting war crimes, human rights abuses, and the abuse of power in their respective home countries."
Date
LocationOslo, Norway
Presented byNorwegian Nobel Committee
Reward(s)10.0 million SEK
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to one individual and two organisations which advocate human rights and civil liberty. The recipients were the Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski (born 1962), the Russian human rights organisation Memorial (founded in 1989) and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties (founded in 2007).[1] The citation given by the Norwegian Nobel Committee were the following:

The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.[2]

  1. ^ Pjotr Sauer (7 October 2022). "Nobel peace prize given to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 2022 – Press release nobelprize.org