European Human Rights Prize
- European Human Rights Prize
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The European Human Rights Prize, also known as the Council of Europe Human Rights Prize, is a human rights prize that is awarded by the Council of Europe in recognition of outstanding contributions to the cause of human rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.
It was instituted in 1980 when the Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution (80) 1 containing regulations on a European Human Rights Prize.[1]
The prize has not been awarded since 1998.
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