Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award | |
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Awarded for | a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel |
Country | Israel |
Presented by | Association for Civil Rights in Israel |
First awarded | 1981 |
The Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award is an award made annually by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel to "an individual or NGO that has made a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel". The award was established in 1981 but was renamed in 1983 after the murder of activist Emil Grunzweig by a grenade thrown by a right-wing activist during a Peace Now demonstration against the war in Lebanon.