2011 Award Ceremony

The 9th presentation of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award took place on Sunday, September 25 in Nuremberg Opera House.

Bruno Schnell, editor and publisher of the daily newspaper Nürnberger Nachrichten and Nürnberger Zeitung donated the award money.

Hollman Morris described in an impressive speech the inhumane situation in Latin America – a world region whose resources are expolited through the global economic market.

The whole speech of Hollman Morris, words of greetings by the Bavarian Government, the Federal German Government and the United Nations, as well as the tribute to the prizewinner by Prof. Flor Alb Romero, National University of Bogotá (in Spanish), are available as downloads:

• Welcome by Lord Mayor Dr. Ulrich Maly (German)</imperia/md/menschenrechte/dokumente/preisverleihungen/2011_rede-obm-maly_verleihung-menschenrechtspreis.pdf> (PDF, 24 KB)
• Horst Seehofer, Prime Minister of Bavaria (German)</imperia/md/menschenrechte/dokumente/preisverleihungen/2011_rede-ministerpr__sident_verleihung-menschenrechtspreis.pdf> (PDF, 24 KB)
• Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Federal Minister of Justice (German)</imperia/md/menschenrechte/dokumente/preisverleihungen/2011_rede-bundesjustizministerin_verleihung-menschenrechtspreis.pdf> (PDF, 36 KB)
• Jan Jarab, Regional Representative of the UN High Commissioner</imperia/md/menschenrechte/dokumente/preisverleihungen/2011_speech-jarab_awarc-ceremony.pdf> (PDF, 33 KB)
• Tribute to the Prizewinner by Prof. Flor Alb Romero</imperia/md/menschenrechte/dokumente/preisverleihungen/2011_discurso-alba-romero_entrega-de-premios.pdf> (PDF, 26 KB)
• Speech by the prizewinner Hollman Morris (Spanish)</imperia/md/menschenrechte/dokumente/preisverleihungen/2011_discurso_morris_entrega-de-premios.pdf> (PDF, 35 KB)

Further information

• Biography of prizewinner Hollman Morris<http://www.nuernberg.de/internet/menschenrechte_e/morris_e.html>