John Humphrey
Freedom Award

Since 1992, the John Humphrey Freedom Award has been presented annually by the Canadian human rights group Rights & Democracy to an organization or individual "for exceptional achievement in the promotion of human rights and democratic development." The award is named in honor of John Peters Humphrey, a Canadian human rights law professor who wrote the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Some of the John Humphrey Freedom Award winners are listed here; for the complete list: www.dd-rd.ca/site/humphrey_award/

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Bishop Carlos F. X. Belo (1995)

Akbar Ganji (2007)

Sima Samar (2001)

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