Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize

It commemorates the memory of the French lawyer, Ludovic Trarieux (1840–1904), who in the midst of the Dreyfus Affair, in France, in 1898, founded the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH), "Human Rights League").

The first prize was awarded, on 29 March 1985, to South African leader Nelson Mandela, during his imprisonment.

During the last decades, the Prize was presented by Robert Badinter (1998), Guy Canivet (2002), Dean Spielmann (2006), Emma Bonino (2008), Viviane Reding (2011), etc.

The 17th Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize 2012 was awarded to Muharrem Erbey (Turkey, in jail since December 2009, and presented to his wife, Burçin Erbey, in Berlin by German minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger on 30 November 2012.

[3] Nominations are assessed by a panel of 21 lawyers, in consultation with NGOs and bar associations around the world.

Ludovic Trarieux
Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize Medal
This is Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize Medal that presents to lawyers whose work furthered the defence of human rights, the supremacy of law, or resistant to intolerance and racism.