The Polish Prize of Sérgio Vieira de Mello – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2002-2003) was established upon the initiative of the Villa Decius Association in 2003. It is awarded to persons and non-governmental organizations for their activities for the sake of peaceful co-existence and cooperation of societies, religions and cultures. The prize is awarded in 2 categories: person and organisation by the jury consisting of the representatives of the President of the Republic of Poland, Embassies of Brazil and Sweden, Consulate fo the United States, UNHCR, Polish Institute of National Rememberence, Polish Human Rights Defender, PAUCI Foundation, ZNAK Foundation, private sponsors such as ZUE S.A., Kraków Airport, Smart Practical Logic sp. z o.o., PZU and Villa Decius Association.
The Gala was opened by Bogusław Sonik, the President of Villa Decius Association who remided the figure of Sérgio Vieira de Mello and the ideals of the democratic opposition under communism. Then Jan Lityński stated that initatives such as the Prize Award are the activity that "increases the amount of good in the world".Then Jorge Geraldo Kadri (Ambassador of Brazil to Poland), Staffan Herrstrom (Ambassador of Sweden to Poland) and Anna-Carin Ost (UNHCR) welcomed the distibguished guests and participants of the ceremony.
30 people were nominated in the category "person". The Prize was awarded to Leyla Yunus human rights activist, funder and director of Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD) from Azerbaijan. She's currently imprisoned due to the accusation of state treason and tax evasion. Nevertheless, the real reason is her resistance towards the ruling authoritarian regime. Even though officially there're no political prisoners in Azerbaijan, thanks to her reaserch carried out with the IPD.
In the category "organisation" 15 subjects were nominated. The Prize was awarded to Amalipe - Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance from Bulgaria. It's is a leading Roma organixation, working for the equal integration of Roma in Bulgarian Society. The organisation plays a central role in organising a Roma civic movement and advocating for Roma integration within the state institutions. The mission of Amalipe is to stimulate the empowerment of the Roma community in Bulgaria. To promote an active participation and equal access to the development processes and resources with a priority focus on access to quality education and healthcare and social services.
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