Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights was established in 1998 by American president Bill Clinton to honor outstanding promoters of rights in the United States.[1]
The award was first given on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, honoring Eleanor Roosevelt's role as the "driving force" in the development of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The award was presented from 1998 to the end of the Clinton administration in 2001.
Recipients
| Name | Year | Reason | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert L. Bernstein | 1998 | Founder of Human Rights Watch and retired chairman of Random House. | [2] |
| John Lewis | 1998 | Lifelong civil rights leader. | [2] |
| Bette Bao Lord | 1998 | Human rights activist, China scholar and novelist. | [2] |
| Dorothy Thomas | 1998 | Activist responsible for research and advocacy on human-rights violations against women. | [2] |
| Charlotte Bunch | 1999 | An international women's rights activist instrumental in securing the inclusion of gender and sexual orientation on the global human rights agenda. | [3] |
| Dolores Huerta | 1999 | Cofounder and leader of the United Farm Workers of America and lifelong labor activist. | [3] |
| Burke Marshall | 1999 | Assistant Attorney General in the Kennedy administration. | [3] |
| Jean Marshall | 1999 | A Dominican nun who founded St. Rita's Immigrant and Refugee Center in the Bronx to service to victimized immigrants. | [3] |
| Leon Sullivan | 1999 | Anti-apartheid activist and author of the Global Sullivan Principles promoting corporate social responsibility. | [3] |
| Tillie Black Bear | 2000 | A strong voice for Native American and women's rights and a leading advocate for victims of domestic violence. | [4] |
| Frederick Charles Cuny | 2000 | A lifetime of service to the civilian victims of conflict and disaster. | [4] |
| Norman Dorsen | 2000 | Former president of the American Civil Liberties Union and chairman of the board of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now known as Human Rights First). | [4] |
| Elaine R. Jones | 2000 | Represented the Legal Defence Fund in landmark cases before the Supreme Court. | [4] |
| Theodore Edgar McCarrick | 2000 | Lifelong human rights advocate. | [4] |
| Frank Wolf | 2001 | Worked for the passage of human-rights legislation including the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and legislation on human trafficking. | [5] |
| John Kamm | 2001 | Engaged the Chinese government regarding human rights. | [5] |
| Barbara Elliott | 2001 | Started a private initiative to help victims of communism following the fall of the Berlin Wall. | [5] |
| Louis Henkin | 2010 | Major figure in developing the study of human-rights law. | [6] |
| Alice Hartman Henkin | 2010 | Director of the Justice and Society Program at the Aspen Institute. | [6] |
| Wade Henderson | 2010 | Led the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. | [6] |
| Sarah Cleto Rial | 2010 | Program director for My Sister's Keeper, a private organization supporting women and girls in Sudan. | // |
References
- Clinton, W. Memorandum for the Secretary of State, December 9, 1998
- Fact sheet: human rights day December 10 & Eleanor Roosevelt Award, December 10, 1998
- Fact Sheet: Human Rights Day 1999, Eleanor Roosevelt Award , December 6, 1999
- Fact Sheet: Human Rights Day: The Eleanor Roosevelt Award, December 6, 2000
- Presentation of Eleanor Roosevelt Award, December 13, 2001
- United States Department of State, 2010
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