Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe

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Council of Europe award distinction human rights award

The Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe is a prestigious distinction granted by the Council of Europe to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to the protection and promotion of human rights in Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Human Rights Prize	1
European Human Rights Prize	1
Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7888305 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe
Context triple: [Baltasar Garzón, awardReceived, Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe]

A. Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
The Nuremberg International Human Rights Award is a biennial prize that honors individuals and organizations worldwide for outstanding efforts in promoting and protecting human rights.
B. North–South Prize of the Council of Europe
The North–South Prize of the Council of Europe is an annual human rights and democracy award recognizing individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to promoting solidarity, dialogue, and cooperation between the Global North and South.
C. United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights is a prestigious UN honor awarded periodically to individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide.
D. UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
The UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education is an international award that honors outstanding contributions to promoting, developing, and disseminating human rights education worldwide.
E. Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is a prestigious international award presented by the Council of Europe to honor outstanding civil society action in defense of human rights.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe
Target entity description: The Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe is a prestigious distinction granted by the Council of Europe to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to the protection and promotion of human rights in Europe.

A. Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
The Nuremberg International Human Rights Award is a biennial prize that honors individuals and organizations worldwide for outstanding efforts in promoting and protecting human rights.
B. North–South Prize of the Council of Europe
The North–South Prize of the Council of Europe is an annual human rights and democracy award recognizing individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to promoting solidarity, dialogue, and cooperation between the Global North and South.
C. United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights is a prestigious UN honor awarded periodically to individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide.
D. UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
The UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education is an international award that honors outstanding contributions to promoting, developing, and disseminating human rights education worldwide.
E. Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is a prestigious international award presented by the Council of Europe to honor outstanding civil society action in defense of human rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe award ⓘ distinction ⓘ human rights award ⓘ
administeredBy	Council of Europe Secretariat ⓘ linked to: Secretariat of the Council of Europe
associatedWith	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
awardingBodyType	intergovernmental organization ⓘ
category	European human rights awards ⓘ
continentScope	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
criterion	outstanding contribution to human rights ⓘ
eligibility	individuals ⓘ organizations ⓘ
field	human rights ⓘ
frequency	periodic ⓘ
hasLanguageOfPresenter	English ⓘ French ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.coe.int/ ⓘ
hasType	honorary award ⓘ
headquartersLocationOfPresenter	Strasbourg ⓘ
inception	1980 ⓘ
jurisdictionOfPresenter	Council of Europe member states ⓘ
namedAfter	Council of Europe ⓘ
nonFinancial	true ⓘ
presentedBy	Council of Europe ⓘ
presenterHeadquartersCountry	France ⓘ
purpose	promotion of human rights ⓘ protection of human rights ⓘ
recognizes	defence of fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ promotion of democracy and rule of law ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
scope	member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
selectionBasis	impact on human rights protection ⓘ merit ⓘ
sponsor	Council of Europe ⓘ
symbolizes	recognition of human rights defenders in Europe ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltasar Garzón → awardReceived → Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Archduke Otto von Habsburg → awardReceived → European Human Rights Prize ⓘ

linked to: Human Rights Award of the Council of Europe

Václav Havel Human Rights Prize → replaces → Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Human Rights Prize ⓘ

subject linked to: Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize