Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award

Israeli award

Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award

Awarded for| a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel
Country| Israel
Presented by| Association for Civil Rights in Israel
First awarded| 1981; 43 years ago (1981)

The Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award is an award made annually by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel to "an individual or NGO that has made a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel". The award was established in 1981 but was renamed in 1983 after the murder of activist Emil Grunzweig by a grenade thrown by a right-wing activist during a Peace Now demonstration against the war in Lebanon.

## Winners of the award

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Winners of the award have included:

* 1981 – Gabriel Stern [de], journalist for Al Hamishmar
* 1982 – Yehuda Litani, Haaretz reporter in the occupied territories; special posthumous recognition to Robert Weltsch, a Jewish journalist in Germany
* 1983 – Lieutenant Colonel Dov Yermiya, for his activities promoting the welfare of civilians in Lebanon; this was the first year the award was named after Emil Grunzweig
* 1984 – Moshe Negbi, editor of the radio program "Din Udvarim"
* 1985 – Baruch Meiri, journalist for Maariv
* 1986 – Prof. Yitzhak Zamir, former legal advisor to the government
* 1987 – High court justice Zvi Berenson
* 1988 – Reporters in the occupied territories
* 1989 – Alice Shalvi, the founder of the Israel Women's Network
* 1990 – Yitzhak Kadman, head of the Israel National Council for the Child
* 1991 – Dr. Lotte Salzberger, a founder of the HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual
* 1992 – Bassem Eid, the founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group; special award to Mr. James Ya'acov Rosenthal, journalist, for his lifelong devotion to human rights
* 1993 – Eyal Simchoni, attorney
* 1994 – Yitzhak Clinton Bailey, campaigner for Bedouin rights
* 1995 – "Women against Violence", a foundation for aid to women and girls victims of violence in the Arab sector
* 1996 – Gideon Levy, Haaretz journalist
* 1997 – "Community Advocacy", a legal organisation that assists residents of impoverished neighborhoods in obtaining their rights; the Juarish family, for agreeing to donate the organs of their son, killed by Israeli Defence Forces fire, to recipients both Jewish and Arab
* 1998 – Kav LaOved (Workers' Hotline), for their activities promoting the rights of foreign workers; Aluf Hareven former intelligence officer, Foreign Ministry official and scholar, for his strengthening the relations between Jews and Arabs; special lifetime award to Shulamit Aloni
* 1999 – Physicians for Human Rights and its founder Ruchama Marton
* 2000 – Haaretz journalist Dr. Yossi Algazi
* 2002 – The Hotline for migrant workers
* 2003 – the women of Machsom Watch, organization of Israeli women who monitor checkpoints
* 2004 – Hanna Safran, feminist
* 2006 – Adva Center for analysis of Israeli policy
* 2007 – Kolech ("Your Voice", fem.), the religious Zionist feminist movement
* 2008 – "Breaking the Silence"; The Refugee Rights Clinic at Tel Aviv University
* 2009 – Nir Katz of blessed memory; Ruth and Paul Kedar of the Yesh Din organization for human rights
* 2010 - Former Judge Yehudit Tsur; Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality and Oren Yiftachel
* 2011 – Keren Neubach,Journalist; Tamar Pelleg-Sryck, attorney and human rights activist; Koah LaOvdim – Democratic Workers’ Organization
* 2012 – Attorney Gaby Lasky; Attorney Michael Sfard; Coalition Tag Meir
* 2013 – Sari Bashi and Gisha – The Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
* 2014-2015 – The Association of Rape Crisis Centers (ARCCI); Prof. Kenneth Mann and The Public Defender’s Office
* 2017 – The Task Force on Human Trafficking and Prostitution; Vered Lee, journalist; Salah Haj Yahya, Mobile Clinic Director, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
* 2018 – Shula Keshet, Artist, social and political activist and Mizrahi feminist; Odeh Bisharat, Author; Itach Ma’aki – Women Lawyers for Social Justice
* 2019 – Salametcom Association; Attorney Eitay Mack
* 2022 – Jessica Nevo, Sociologist, Co-Founder of Justice in Case - The Center for Alternative Justice; Gadi Algazi [de], Professor of History and social activist; Kholod Massalha \- General Manager, I’lam - Arab Center for Media Freedom, Development and Research

## External links

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* "The Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award". Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Full list of prizewinners from 1981 onward.

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