- Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights
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The Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights is awarded biennially by the University of Connecticut to an individual or group who has made a significant effort to advance the cause of international justice and global human rights. The Prize will be awarded again in Fall 2009.
The Dodd Prize commemorates the distinguished career in public service of Thomas J. Dodd who, as Executive Trial Counsel at the Nuremberg Trials and a Connecticut Senator from 1959 to 1971, fought against infringement and suppression of human rights in the United States and abroad.
The prize carries an award of $75,000, a diploma, and a commemorative bronze bust of Thomas J. Dodd.
Previous Recipients
September 24, 2003: The first Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights was awarded jointly to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, T.D., Prime Minister of Ireland, and The Right Honourable Tony Blair, M.P., Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, and Minister for the Civil Service. [1]
October 17, 2005: The second Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights was awarded jointly to Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Justice Richard Goldstone.
October 1, 2007: The third Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights was awarded jointly to the Center for Justice & Accountability and Mental Disability Rights International.
October 5, 2009: The fourth Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights was awarded to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
References
- ^ Dodd Prize Website, http://doddprize.uconn.edu/past.htm
Categories:- Human rights awards
- Awards established in 2003
- University of Connecticut
- Dodd family
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