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Copy of Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Award Nomination Form 2021
Call for Voltaire Award nominations by 12 March 2021
The Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Awards are an important event in the human rights calendar in Australia. For more than two decades, the Voltaire Human Rights Award has been presented to a person or organisation for outstanding contributions to human rights. Award recipients have included journalists, activists, whistleblowers, lawyers, writers, students, cartoonists and comedians. In 2016, Liberty Victoria introduced the "Empty Chair" Human Rights Award, and 2017 saw the awarding of the inaugural "Young Voltaire Human Rights Award".
Liberty Victoria recently broadened its criteria for the awards to embrace those who have made outstanding contributions to human rights, free speech or civil liberties, with particular emphasis on progressing freedom, respect, equality, dignity and action.
We have chosen to emphasise action on freedom, respect, equality and dignity as four pillars of human rights and civil liberties.
We now seek nominations for the 2021 Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Awards. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Liberty Victoria again be holding an online event for the Awards, in July 2021.
Nominations are sought for the following three awards:
The Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Award To a person or organisation for outstanding contribution to or action on human rights, free speech or civil liberties, with particular emphasis on progressing freedom, respect, equality and dignity.
The Liberty Victoria Young Voltaire Human Rights Award To a person or organisation for outstanding contribution to or action on human rights, free speech or civil liberties, with particular emphasis on progressing freedom, respect, equality and dignity. This award will be given to a person no older than 30 on 30 July 2021.
The Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Empty Chair Award The Empty Chair Award will be presented in 2021 to a person who is worthy to receive the Voltaire Human Rights Award or Young Voltaire Human Rights Award, but cannot be present to receive the award due to the consequences of their exercise of or advocacy for human rights, free speech or civil liberties.
Liberty Victoria invites members to nominate a person or group you believe deserves to receive a Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Award in 2021. You can nominate as many people as you like in each category.
Current members of Liberty Victoria’s committees are not eligible to be nominated.
Nominations are not necessarily limited to 'natural persons' - the award can also go to an organisation or category / movement of people. If you wish to nominate an organisation or movement, please provide the name of an appropriate contact or spokesperson.
Please note: it is important that the recipients of the Voltaire Human Rights Award and Young Voltaire Human Rights Awards be able to attend an online event in July 2021 (if you do not wish to make direct contact with your nominee, we can do so if they are shortlisted for the award).