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The purpose of the award is to recognize activism in defense of human rights of individuals, groups or organizations in countries with authoritarian contexts or in those where, despite being democratic, there are setbacks in terms of civil and political liberties, or where the lives of activists are at risk, all of this according to the reports of prestigious international organizations.
Graciela Fernández Meijide
Meijide was born in Buenos Aires in 1931. She was a French professor until 1976, when her son Pablo disappeared. From then on she began to work with the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, and in 1983 she joined the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP). In 1993, she was elected as a National Deputy for the City of Buenos Aires, and the following year she participated in the Constitutional Convention which reformed the National Constitution. She was then elected National Senator and presided over the Establishing Convention. In 1997, she was elected to serve as National Deputy by the Province of Buenos Aires until 1999, when she was appointed as Minister of Social Development. She published several books, including «An Intimate History of Human Rights in Argentina and «Humans, not Heroes: Criticizing the Political Violence of the 70s. Her biography«Nenuca: The Story of Graciela Fernández Meijide, was written by Pablo Marmorato. She was president of the Argentine Political Club.
She was distinguished with the following honors: the Order of Merit of Chile, Rank of Officer (Embassy of Chile, 1999); the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Cavaliere Di Gran Croce (2001); Illustrious Citizen of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2016); the Platinum Konex for Activity as a Social Director (2018); Doctor Honoris Causa, Siglo 21 University (2020); and Commandeur dans l’ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (Embassy of France, 2022).
About the Jury
Vicente PalermoDoctor of Political Science (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Lead Researcher at CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council). He has lived in Brazil, Spain, and Italy and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at universities from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, and Uruguay. Founding member and past president of the Argentine Political Club. Received the Platinum Konex in 2016. Author of several books, including Salt to a Wound: The Malvinas in contemporary Argentine culture (Editorial Sudamericana, 2007), which won the LASA Premio Iberoamericano Award in 2009 and the third National Culture Award in 2011.
Rubén ChababoProfessor of Literature at Rosario National University where he teaches the annual Seminar on Memory and Human Rights. He is a professor for and member of the Academic Council for the Master’s in Cultural Studies at Rosario National University and was a member of the Bogotá National Center of Historic Memory’s International Assessment Council (Colombia). Between 2002 and 2014 he was the Director of the city of Rosario’s Memorial Museum, one of the first museum institutions dedicated to the topic of State Terrorism in Argentina. Also notable was his work as the Municipality of Rosario’s Director of Human Rights. He was the Director of the International Democracy Museum and the Executive Director of the Latin American International Federation of Museums of Human Rights. He is an Academic Consultant to CADAL.
Inés PousadelaShe has a Doctorate in Political Science, Universidad de Belgrano in Political Theory and Sociological Theory; Doctorate courses at IHEAL / Université Paris 3 in the Latin American Studies orientation; a Master's Degree in Economic Sociology, IDAES-UNSAM; and she has a degree in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She is Senior Research Specialist at CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation; Researcher at the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) for Argentina of the Open Government Partnership; and Professor of Comparative Politics and Global Civil Society at the ORT Uruguay University.
Eduardo UlibarriUniversity professor and writer for La Nación de Costa Rica, newspaper he directed between 1982 and 2003. Former Ambassador of Costa Rica at the United Nations from 2010 to 2014. He wrote various books about journalism and is a professor of the School of Colective Communications Science of the Universidad de Costa Rica. Former president of the Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión (IPLEX) between 2005 and 2010; former president of the Comisión de Libertad de Prensa de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (1991-1994), former member of La Directiva (1989-2002) and of the consulting council of the International Center for Journalists, in Washington DC. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Aldesa Corporación de Inversiones and of the Comité de programas de la Fundación CRUSA. He has been awarded the Medal for Distinguished Services in Journalism by the University of Missouri, in 1989; the María Moors Cabot award by the University of Columbia, in 1996; and the National Prize in Journalism in Costa Rica, in 1999. He studied at the University of Costa Rica (Communications Degree, 1974), University of Missouri (MSc in Journalism, 1976) and Harvard University (Niemann Fellow, 1988).
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