Invitation | November 26, 2024 | 6:00 p.m. Human Rights Award 2024

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Since coming to power in 2006, former revolutionary leader Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo have successively brought all arms of government and the military in Nicaragua under their control. Human rights, and in particular the right to freedom of expression, have been severely restricted since the public protests against the regime in 2018. Journalists in Nicaragua are threatened, persecuted, attacked, imprisoned and forced to flee.

The FES Human Rights Award 2024 will be awarded to the organization Periodistas y Comunicadores Independientes de Nicaragua (PCIN). This network of over 100 journalists and media professionals from Nicaragua has been supporting independent reporting on their country since 2018 by developing numerous services for safe and professional reporting for journalists. PCIN also provides legal advice and important support for Nicaraguan media professionals in exile, who often live in precarious circumstances. In addition, PCIN documents cases of human rights violations committed against journalists.

By awarding the 2024 Human Rights Prize, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is honouring PCIN's tireless commitment to freedom of expression and human rights in Nicaragua's repressive political context.

We are delighted to welcome Irene Khan, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, as our laudatory speaker that evening. In a panel discussion with other guests, we will also talk about Nicaragua's development and political prospects.

Kind regards,

Valeska Hesse
Head of the Department Latin America and the Caribbean

Registration: www.fes.de/en/events/detail/277982/anmelden
Further information: www.fes.de/menschenrechtspreis

PROGRAM

Moderation: Anne-Katrin Mellmann, Journalist, former Latin America correspondent

5:30 p.m. Registration

6:00 p.m. Welcome Speech
Martin Schulz, President, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

6:10 p.m. Laudation
Irene Khan, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

6:30 p.m. Presentation
of the FES Human Rights Award 2024 by Martin Schulz

6:35 p.m. Speech by the laureates
Periodistas y Comunicadores Independientes de Nicaragua represented by
 

• Wendy Quintero Chávez, vice chair of the Board, PCIN
• Lucía Pineda Ubau, Member of the Board, PCIN

6:50 p.m. Musical intermission

7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
From democratic awakening to dictatorship – What´s next for Nicaragua?
 

• Wendy Quintero Chávez
• Lucía Pineda Ubau
• Frank Schwabe, Member of the German Bundestag, spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group on human rights and humanitarian aid
• Dr. Bernd Rother, Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung

7:55 p.m. Musical finale

8:00 p. m. Reception

(Simultaneous interpreting English - Spanish - German)

Please register here by November 22, 2024 at the latest.

VENUE

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, House 2
Hiroshimastrasse 28, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten

Travel connections:

Bus M 29 to Hiroshimasteg stop
Bus 100, 187 to bus stop Lützowplatz
Bus 200 to bus stop Tiergarten

From the main station:

Bus M41 to Potsdamer Platz, continue with bus 200 to the Tiergartenstraße stop
Unfortunately, there are no parking spaces available.

If you have any accessibility questions about the barrier-free event, please contact us.

RESPONSIBLE

Mareike Le Pelley
Department for Latin America and the Caribbean
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Organization and contact:

Carola Schönberg
Department for Latin America and the Caribbean
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

030 26935-7489
menschenrechtspreis@fes.de