Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights

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The Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights is a prestigious honor recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights award
human rights award
awardedIn United States
awardFor advocacy for human dignity
promotion of human rights
protection of human rights
countryOfOrigin United States
createdByOffice President of the United States
creator Bill Clinton
field civil liberties
human rights
firstAwarded 1998
hasNotableRecipient Desmond Tutu
Hillary Rodham Clinton
linked to: Hillary Clinton

Jimmy Carter
John Lewis
Medgar Evers (posthumous recognition context)
linked to: Medgar Evers
inception 1998
inspiredBy Universal Declaration of Human Rights
namedAfter Eleanor Roosevelt
namedAfterNotableFor chairing the drafting committee of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
namedAfterOccupation First Lady of the United States
purpose to honor individuals who promote and protect human rights
to recognize outstanding contributions to human rights
typicalRecipients civil society leaders
human rights activists
political leaders supporting human rights

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Bayard Rustin awardReceived Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
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Fred Korematsu awardReceived Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award
linked to: Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights