Call for Nominations
SUARAM HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD 2009
Deadline: 15 November 2009
In conjunction with SUARAM’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, we invite you to send in nominations for the 11th Annual SUARAM Human Rights Award.
Initiated in 1999 on the 10th anniversary celebration of SUARAM, this annual award seeks to give recognition to local communities and collectives in their outstanding and inspiring endeavours to protect and promote human rights activism in Malaysia.
This year, 10 years after the inaugural award was presented in 1999, SUARAM once again calls for nominations for this award, which will be presented at SUARAM’s “20 Years Defending Human Rights” Dinner on 6 December 2009.
Previous winners
Previous winners have been diverse in their causes, but all of them have overcome tremendous hardships and tribulations in the fight for human rights. Winners in previous years were:-
1999: The people of Kampung Sungai Nipah
2000: The Reformasi Movement
2001: Save Our Schools Damansara and wives of ISA detainees (joint winners);
2002: Police Watch & Human Rights Committee
2003: The former plantation workers’ community of Ladang Braemar
2004 The Kuala Kuang villagers and the workers of Euromedical Industries (joint winners);
2005: The Temuan Orang Asli Community from Kampung Bukit Tampoi in Dengkil
2006: the Chin Refugee Committee and the Bukit Jelutong plantation community (joint winners).
2007: The Coalition against Healthcare Privatisation and the residents of Kampung Sungai Terentang, Rawang (joint winners)
2008: The Penan community of Ulu Baram, Sarawak and the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) (joint winners)
Guidelines
The guidelines are listed as below:-
For further enquiries, please contact John Liu (tel +603 7784 3525 / 7783 5724; fax +603 7784 3526; or email suaram20years@gmail.com).
SUARAM HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD 2009
Nomination Form
I. Nominee
Name of community / group of people: _________________________
Address: ______________________________
Contact Person & Phone No: ______________________________
II. Please answer each of the following questions on a separate sheet of paper and include with this nomination form.
Please describe the background and composition of the community or group of people that you are nominating. Also, please describe the activities, actions and/or programs for which recognition is being sought. Please attach supporting documentation.
(No less than 300 words, excluding supporting documentation. There is no limit for supporting documentation.)
Please describe how the activities, actions and/or programs relate to the purpose of the Human Rights Award.
Please state clearly how the activities, actions and/or prograams of the community or group of people that you are nominating fulfill each of the following criteria:
i. The persistence in their struggle to defend their rights, justice and dignity against oppression.
ii. The fearlessness in their struggle to defend their rights, justice and dignity against oppression.
iii. The extent of which their work has empowered their people to continue the efforts to promote and protect human rights.
(No less than 200 words)
III. Send this completed nomination form and supporting documents by 15 November 2009 to:
SUARAM
Subject: SUARAM Human Rights Award 2009
Address: 433A, Jalan 5/46, Gasing Indah, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 03-77843525
Fax: 03-77843526
Email: suaram20years@gmail.com
IV. Submitted by:
Name: ______________________________
Organization Name: ______________________________
Address: ______________________________
Tel: _______________________ Fax: ______________________
Email: ______________________________
Date: ______________________
Article 1
Right to Equality
Article 2
Freedom from Discrimination
Article 3
Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security
Article 4
Freedom from Slavery
Article 5
Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment
Article 6
Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law
Article 7
Right to Equality before the Law
Article 8
Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal
Article 9
Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile
Article 10
Right to Fair Public Hearing
Article 11
Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty
Article 12
Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and
Article 13
Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country
Article 14
Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
Article 15
Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It
Article 16
Right to Marriage and Family
Article 17
Right to Own Property
Article 18
Freedom of Belief and Religion
Article 19
Freedom of Opinion and Information
Article 20
Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association
Article 21
Right to Participate in Government and in Free Elections
Article 22
Right to Social Security
Article 23
Right to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions
Article 24
Right to Rest and Leisure
Article 25
Right to Adequate Living Standard
Article 26
Right to Education
Article 27
Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community
Article 28
Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document
Article 29
Community Duties Essential to Free and Full Development
Article 30
Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights
