Felix Ermacora Human Rights Award
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The Felix Ermacora Human Rights Award is an Austrian human rights
award. It was established in 2005 by the Austrian People's Party
, and is awarded each year by the Felix Ermacora Verein – Verein zur Wahrung und Förderung der Menschenrechte. There are two awards, one of them is awarded to journalists.
The award is named after Felix Ermacora
, Austria's leading human rights expert of the 20th century.
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
award. It was established in 2005 by the Austrian People's Party
Austrian People's Party
The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology...
, and is awarded each year by the Felix Ermacora Verein – Verein zur Wahrung und Förderung der Menschenrechte. There are two awards, one of them is awarded to journalists.
The award is named after Felix Ermacora
Felix Ermacora
Felix Ermacora was the leading human rights expert of Austria and a member of the Austrian People's Party...
, Austria's leading human rights expert of the 20th century.
Awards
- 2005: Georg Sporschill and Friedrich Orter
- 2006: Hildegard Teuschl and Heinz Nußbaumer
- 2007: Franz Matscher and Gudrun Harrer
- 2008: Christian Strohal and Alfred Payrleitner