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Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
Not to be confused with Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent.
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is an annual €60, award which honours "outstanding" civil society action in defence of human rights, in Europe and beyond.[1][2] Individuals, non-governmental organisations and institutions working to defend human rights anywhere in the world may be nominated.
Seven of the ten winners to date were in detention because of their human rights activities at the time they received the prize.
History
The award was established in by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation[3][4] and is awarded in memory of Václav Havel, former President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
It replaces the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Human Rights Prize, which was created in and awarded every two years.[1] The prize is one of a numbe