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Vitit Muntarbhorn wins the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
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Vitit Muntarbhorn wins the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights EducationUpon the unanimous recommendation of the International Jury, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has decided to award the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education (2004) to Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to education for human rights and diverse activities at national, regional and international levels in favour of promotion and protection of all human rights for all.

Vitit Muntarbhorn is a Professor of Law at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He is an eminent expert in human rights with more than 1000 publications and combines the qualities of a scholar, an educator, a policy-making adviser and a grass-root human rights activist. He has served in various capacities for the United Nations system. In 1990-1994, he was Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Professor Muntarbhorn was recently nominated Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

In addition, the Director-General has decided to give four Honourable Mentions to: Dr Anatoly Azarov (Russian Federation), Professor David Jan McQuoid-Mason (South Africa), The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief (Norway) and the Peruvian Institute of Education in Human Rights and Peace (Peru).

The names of the prizewinner and of the Honourable Mention recipients are announced on the occasion of Human Rights Day - 10 December 2004. Click here to read the message from the Director-General



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Publication Date 11-12-2004
Source UNESCO
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