2022_Nobel_Peace_Prize

2022 Nobel Peace Prize

2022 Nobel Peace Prize

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The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to one individual and two organisations which advocate human rights and civil liberty. The recipients were the Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski (born 1962), the Russian human rights organisation Memorial (founded in 1989) and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties (founded in 2007).[1] The citation given by the Norwegian Nobel Committee were the following:

The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.[2]

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Reactions

In Ukraine the joint awarding to organisations from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus was criticised by journalists for allegedly upholding the Russian nationalist stereotype of the "three brotherly people".[3] The choice of the committee to award the prize while Russia and Ukraine were at war (with Belarus giving logistical support to the Russian army) was also criticised.[3] According to the Center for Civil Liberties (in a press conference on 8 October 2022) "In no way should this award sound like an old narrative about fraternal nations" but "this story is about resistance to common evil."[4] At the time of the press conference neither Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy nor any other (Ukrainian) government official had congratulated the Center for Civil Liberties on winning the Nobel Prize.[5]

Candidates

Prior to his 2022 Ales Bialiatski's Nobel Peace Prize, he was nominated five times unsuccessfully.[6] According to the Nobel Committee, there were 343 candidates for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, out of which 251 are individuals and 92 are organisations, becoming the second highest number recorded in history.[7]

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Prize committee

The members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that are responsible for selecting the laureate in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel are the same as last year:


References

  1. Pjotr Sauer (7 October 2022). "Nobel peace prize given to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. Olena Barsukova (7 October 2022). ""Give more to the Third Reich": reactions of Ukrainians to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "Nobel Prize for CCL – for our freedom and yours, Oleksandra Matviychuk". Center for Civil Liberties official website. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. Yurii Korogodskyi (8 October 2022). "We hope to create an international tribunal and punish Putin and Lukashenko, - Central Committee on the Nobel Prize". Lb.ua [uk] (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  5. "Ales Bialiatski nominated for Nobel Peace Prize again". spring96.org. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. "The Nobel Peace Prize 2022". NobelPrize.org. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. "Enes Kanter Freedom nominated for Nobel Peace Prize". eurohoops.net. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  8. Oshin, Olafimihan (1 February 2022). "Lawmakers make case for Nobel Peace Prize to honor Opal Lee". The Hill. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  9. "Nobel Peace Prize 2022 nominees include Myanmar's shadow government". South China Morning Post. 1 February 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022.
  10. Jonathan Williamson (1 February 2022). "Norwegian politicians and academics nominate an eclectic mix for 2022 Nobel Peace Prize". Norway Today. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  11. "Prof. Miriam Were nominated for 2022 Nobel Peace Prize". University of Nairobi. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  12. Goillandeau, Martin; Elassar, Alaa (1 February 2022). "The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  13. Kurban Niyaz and Alim Seytoff (4 February 2022). "US lawmakers nominate Uyghur rights groups for Nobel Peace Prize". Radio Free Asia.
  14. Jonathan Turner (7 February 2022). "Junior Achievement Worldwide nominated for Nobel Peace Prize". OurQuadCities.

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