An annual award (with a $50,000 grant) for outstanding work
by human rights defenders in the Global South* or former Soviet Union
addressing the human rights impacts of business in those regions.
*Global South = Africa, Asia & Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East
Photos 1-4: Marcelo Cruz (www.flickr.com/photos/cruzmarcelo)
Photos 5-6: Justiça nos Trilhos
Justiça nos Trilhos is an organization working closely with local communities in remote parts of Brazil – including indigenous peoples, peasants, and Afro-descendants – to address human rights and environmental abuses by mining and steel companies, in particular the multinational Vale.
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