US EditionActivists from Sudan, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, and Taiwan receive human rights award
Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and lawyer Julian Aguon won for advancing climate justice through the International Court of Justice, influencing legal obligations on states.
- The Right Livelihood Award was given to activists from Sudan, Myanmar, the Pacific Islands, and Taiwan for their work in human rights and democracy.
- The Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change and Julian Aguon received the award for advocating climate justice at the world’s highest court.
- Justice for Myanmar was recognized for exposing and diminishing support for Myanmar’s corrupt military through investigative methods.
- The Emergency Response Rooms network in Sudan was honored for providing mutual aid during war and state collapse.
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The Pacific youth who made history by bringing the climate crisis to the ICJ: Pacific Island Students Against Climate Change (PISFCC) was born in 2019 with an ambitious goal: to bring to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the greatest existential threat to their countries, climate change. Their university project is now an international movement, and was recognized on Wednesday by the Swedish Right Livelihood Award with some of those known…
Activists from Sudan receive human rights award
The Right Livelihood Award was awarded Wednesday to activists from Sudan and Myanmar, where military and political violence devastates communities, to the Pacific Islands, where climate disaster threatens entire nations, and to Taiwan, which is the frequent target of threats and disinformation. "As authoritarianism and division rise globally, the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates are charting a different course: one rooted in collective action, re…
This year, the Alternative Nobel Prize will be awarded to initiatives from Micronesia, Sudan, Myanmar and Taiwan. This will focus on crises and conflicts that are easily forgotten in the face of Ukraine and Gaza. Among the award winners are climate activists from several islands and a programmer from Taiwan.
The Right Livelihood Award honors people who are committed to peace, justice and sustainability. This year, the award goes to climate activists from Oceania and a programmer from Taiwan. [more]]>
Right Livelihood prize goes to Pacific climate activists
A group of law students studying in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu and a human rights lawyer were awarded the Right Livelihood Award on Wednesday for their efforts to make climate protection a legal obligation for all states. The group, called Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), succeeded in taking the issue of climate justice to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ended up delivering an advisory opinion i…
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