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Dutch Embassy Harare - Human Rights Tulip 2023

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The Local Human Rights Tulip is an award presented by the Dutch government for human rights defenders in Zimbabwe who promote and support human rights in innovative ways.
Only organizations registered in Zimbabwe or Zimbabwean citizens can be nominated for this award. The winner will receive US10,000 in prize money and a bronze sculpture in the shape of a tulip. The embassy hopes that the prize will enable the winner to:

• gain visibility and recognition
• further develop and expand the scale of their human rights work, allowing them to reach more people in as many places as possible
• inspire others.

Those eligible are human rights defenders who:

• Accept the universality of human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
• Defend a human right as defined in the UDHR
• Work to defend human rights in a nonviolent manner

Please note that no human rights defenders will be considered who are deceased or inactive at the time of nomination.

                                                                                            Nominations can be submitted by filling in the nomination form.

                           
                                                                                                    All nominations must be submitted by 31 October 2023.

Only shortlisted nominees will be contacted. The name and profile of the winner will be announced on our social media platforms. The winner of the Embassy Human Rights Tulip will be invited to participate in several public events, including the award ceremony in Harare in December 2023.