With the blessing of the Roosevelt family, in 2018 the Center for Human Rights established the annual Eleanor Roosevelt Prize for Global Human Rights Advancement to recognize persons and organizations having a positive, enduring, and global impact in advancing the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Eleanor Roosevelt championed.
The Center celebrated EarthRights International for combining the power of law with the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, taking legal action against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training activists, and working with communities to demand meaningful and lasting change; and Human Rights Watch for confronting and challenging massacres and genocides, government take-overs of media, baseless arrests of activists and political opposition figures, and abuses against those likely to face discrimination, including women, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.
The Center for Human Rights thanks Polsinelli for being a partner in our work advancing human rights. The firm’s investment in the Prizes provides recognition of the esteemed Prize recipients and supports CHR initiatives that promote and defend human rights and the rule of law around the world..
