Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award

{{Short description|Israeli award}}

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|name = Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award

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|awarded_for = a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel

|presenter = Association for Civil Rights in Israel

|country = Israel

|year = {{start date and age|1981}}

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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

Winners of the award have included:

  • 1981 – {{ill|Gabriel Stern|de|Gabriel Stern}}, 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; [https://www.tag-meir.org.il/en/ Coalition Tag Meir]
    • 2013 – Sari Bashi and [https://gisha.org/en/about-gisha/ Gisha – The Legal Center for Freedom of Movement]
    • 2014-2015 – [https://www.1202.org.il/en/ 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; [https://www.itach.org.il/?lang=en Itach Ma’aki – Women Lawyers for Social Justice]
    • 2019 – [https://salametcom.org/en/salamaletcom-en/ Salametcom Association]; Attorney Eitay Mack
    • 2022 – Jessica Nevo, Sociologist, Co-Founder of Justice in Case - The Center for Alternative Justice; {{ill|Gadi Algazi|de|Gadi Algazi}}, Professor of History and social activist; Kholod Massalha - General Manager, [https://www.ilam-center.org/en/ I’lam - Arab Center for Media Freedom, Development and Research]