United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

They have been given out at five-year intervals since then, with the exception of 1983, to individuals, groups and organizations.

The recipients are selected by a committee composed of the presidents of the UN General Assembly, the UN Economic and Social Council and the UN Human Rights Council (which replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights in 2006), and the chairs of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council (which replaced the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in 2006).

[3] Since 1998, the awards are announced by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which was created a few days after the 1993 ceremony.

[4] The physical token of the award is a metal plaque bearing the UN seal and an artistic design, and engraved with an appropriate citation.

FIRST AWARD: December 1968 – 20th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[2] SECOND AWARD: December 1973 – 25th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[2] THIRD AWARD: December 1978 – 30th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[2] FOURTH AWARD: December 1988 – 40th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[2] FIFTH AWARD: December 1993 – 45th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[2] SIXTH AWARD: December 1998 – 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[2] SEVENTH AWARD: December 2003 – 55th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[2] EIGHTH AWARD: December 2008 – 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[5] NINTH AWARD: December 2013 – 65th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[3][6] TENTH AWARD: December 2018 – 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:[7][8] ELEVENTH AWARD: December 2023:[9]