Allard Prize for International Integrity

Allard Prize for International Integrity
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Winners of the 2017 Allard Prize display their awards. From left to right, Representative of winner Khadija Ismayilova, Four members of Operation Car Wash (Honourable Mention), Representative of Azza Soliman (Honourable Mention)
Awarded forExceptional courage and leadership in combating corruption
LocationVancouver, Canada
Presented byAllard Prize Foundation / Allard Prize Committee / Peter A. Allard School of Law
First awarded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
WebsiteAllardprize.org

The Allard Prize for International Integrity is one of the world's largest prizes dedicated to the fight against corruption and the protection of human rights.[1] The prize is awarded biennially to an individual, movement or organization that has "demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in combating corruption, especially through promoting transparency, accountability and the Rule of Law."[2] The winner receives the Allard Prize Award, a uniquely crafted brass artwork,[3][4] and CAD$100,000. Honourable mention recipients are awarded a unique nickel-plated artwork, and may also receive a cash award.

At the 2017 Award Ceremony, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald stated that the Allard Prize “is important … and isn't devoted just to honouring anti-corruption crusaders, but to constructing and fortifying a framework that really does protect them and enables the work to proceed much more safely,"[5] and "this kind of courage can be very contagious."[1] Past Allard Prize winners and others have said that the Allard Prize assists, supports and protects those working in anti-corruption and their work.[6][7][8][9][10] Canada's National Observer calls The Allard Prize 'The Oscars of anti-corruption'.[1]

The Allard Prize and Allard Prize Foundation, the charitable organization that supports the Allard Prize, were founded in 2011 and are funded by lawyer and businessman Peter A. Allard, Q.C.[1][11][12][13][14] The Allard Prize Committee is responsible for the oversight, organization and selection of the Prize winner and honourable mention recipients. From 2013 until June 21, 2019, the Prize was administered at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The Allard Prize is now independent of UBC.[15]

Some Allard Prize nominees and winners have previously been subjected to threats, violence, torture, imprisonment and other attacks associated with their anti-corruption and human rights activities.[1] 2020 Allard Prize co-recipient Daphne Caruana Galizia and 2015 honourable mention recipient Sergei Magnitsky both received the Allard Prize posthumously. Maltese journalist Caruna-Galizia was assassinated by car bomb in 2017.[16] Russian auditor Magnitsky died after being tortured in prison.[17][18]

  1. ^ a b c d e Uechi, Jenny (29 September 2017). "At the Oscars of anti-corruption, badass women lead the way". National Observer. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Prize Criteria". Allard Prize for International Integrity. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Allard Prize Award Design". Diatom Studio. 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Award Design". Allard Prize for International Integrity. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  5. ^ Greenwald, Glenn (28 September 2017). "2017 Allard Prize Keynote: Glenn Greenwald". Allard Prize YouTube channel. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Indian corruption fighter wins UBC's $100K integrity award". Maclean's Magazine. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  7. ^ "OCCRP's Khadija Ismayilova Awarded 2017 Allard Prize for International Integrity". Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. ^ Barrett, Nicole (9 July 2017). "Letter from Allard Prize Director + 11 others to Canadian Ambassador to Angola re Prosecution of Angolan Journalists Rafael Marques de Morais and Mariano Brás Lourenço" (PDF). Allard Prize for International Integrity. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  9. ^ Baker, Audrey (9 July 2017). "Allard Prize for International Integrity Calls for End to Prosecution of Rafael Marques de Morais". Allard Prize for International Integrity. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  10. ^ "The Allard Prize - An Introduction". Allard Prize YouTube Channel. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  11. ^ Bradshaw, James (13 July 2011). "UBC law school gets donation worth almost $12-million". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  12. ^ Dhillon, Sunny (28 September 2017). "Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova wins 2017 Allard Prize". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  13. ^ Mokhiber, Russell (6 September 2017). "The Allard Prize and The Case for Public Integrity". Corporate Crime Reporter. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  14. ^ Gardiner, Heather (13 July 2011). "UBC alumnus donates $12 million to law school". Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  15. ^ Zhao, Sarah. "UBC backs out of Allard Prize, declines to say why". The Ubyssey. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  16. ^ Garside, Juliette. "Justice on trial: three years after the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  17. ^ "The Trump administration sends a commendable signal to despots everywhere". The Washington Post. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Sergei Magnitsky". Allard Prize for International Integrity. 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2018.