Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award

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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[edit]

Recipients of the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award
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[edit]

  1. ^ Clinton, W. Memorandum for the Secretary of State, December 9, 1998
  2. ^ a b c d Fact sheet: human rights day December 10 & Eleanor Roosevelt Award, December 10, 1998
  3. ^ a b c d e Fact Sheet: Human Rights Day 1999, Eleanor Roosevelt Award , December 6, 1999
  4. ^ a b c d e Fact Sheet: Human Rights Day: The Eleanor Roosevelt Award, December 6, 2000
  5. ^ a b c Presentation of Eleanor Roosevelt Award, December 13, 2001
  6. ^ a b c United States Department of State, 2010
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