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| The Solidarity Prize | |
|---|---|
| Nagroda Solidarności | |
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| Awarded for | Promotion and protection of democracy and civil liberties |
| Country | Poland |
| First award | 2014 |
| Website | website |
The Solidarity Prize (Polish: Nagroda Solidarności) – Polish award for promotion and protection of democracy and civil liberties. The prize has been established by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.[1][2]
The award was established in 2014 but after 2015 was suspended for several years. It was relaunched in 2024 after a change of government in Poland.
Selection process
[edit]The selection of the laureate is a two-stage process. Fifteen nominators, are presenting their candidates. Among nominators are Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Polish minister of foreign affairs: current and former and globally recognized authorities in the field of democracy and human rights.[3] Every year 1/3 of nominators is changed. The final decision on awarding the prize is made by the chapter of award,[4] which in 2014 has been chaired by Poland's former president Lech Wałęsa.
Nominating committee
[edit]Prize
[edit]Each Laureate receives a statuette. The prize has also financial dimension: 1 mln EUR in total:
- 250,000 EUR is the cash is for the laureate;
- 50,000 EUR is allocated to finance the laureate's participation in the award ceremony and study visit to Poland for the laureate or a group of persons selected by him/her;
- 700 000 EUR is to be allocated to finance development cooperation projects, indicated by the laureate.
Laureates
[edit]- 2014 – Mustafa Dzhemilev[6] – leader of the Crimean Tatars who was also nominated several times to the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2015 – Zhanna Nemtsova, journalist, social activist, and the oldest daughter of Boris Nemtsov, Russian oppositionist assassinated in February 2015[7]
- 2024 – Pavel Latushko, Belarusian opposition activist and Head and Representative for the Transfer of Power in the United Transitional Cabinet[8]
- 2025 – Berta Soler, Cuban dissident and leader of Ladies in White[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "4 czerwca po raz pierwszy przyznana zostanie Nagroda Solidarności, depesza PAP z 16 stycznia 2014 r." msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Polish MFA. 2014.
- ↑ Minister of Foreign Affairs (of the Republic of Poland) (22 January 2014). "Dziennik Urzędowy Ministra Spraw Zagranicznych poz. 2 Zarządzenie Ministra Spraw Zagranicznych z dnia 15 stycznia 2014 r. w sprawie ustanowienia Nagrody Solidarności za działania na rzecz promocji i ochrony demokracji oraz wolności obywatelskich" (PDF) (in Polish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Wybitne osobistości wskażą kandydatów do Nagrody Solidarności" (in Polish).
- ↑ "W środę poznamy laureata Nagrody Solidarności".
- ↑ "Osoby nominujące kandydatów do Nagrody Solidarności 2014" (in Polish).
- ↑ "Mustafa Dżemilew pierwszym laureatem Nagrody Solidarności" (in Polish).
- ↑ "Zhanna Nemtsova awarded Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize for 2015". msz.gov.pl. Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Minister Radosław Sikorski awards Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Prize to Pavel Latushka". gov.pl. Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Berta Soler Fernandez receives Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Prize". gov.pl. Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.