Carl von Ossietzky Medal
German human rights award / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte (Berlin) [de] (ILMR) has awarded the Carl von Ossietzky Medal since 1962.[1] The league has honored personalities, initiatives or organizations who have worked with civil courage and outstanding commitment to the realization of human rights annually since 1962 and at least once every two years from 2011 with the Carl von Ossietzky Medal it donated.[2][3] The award is named after the German pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carl von Ossietzky, who died in 1938 as a result of imprisonment in a concentration camp.[4]