{"id":130409,"date":"2026-10-24T14:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130409"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:17:32","slug":"sakharov-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sakharov-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakharov Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sakharov Prize Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Criminal Court and its officials won the EU\u2019s 2026 Sakharov human rights prize.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sakharov Prize<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<strong> European<\/strong><\/span><b> Union\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> highest honour dedicated to <\/span><b>human rights work.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Background:<\/b><b>\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>established in 1988 and the inaugural<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prize was<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jointly conferred to <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nelson-mandela\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nelson Mandela<\/a> and Anatoli Marchenko.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is named after Soviet physicist and political dissident <\/span><b>Andrei Sakharov<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>awarded annually by the European Parliament during its <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plenary session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This prize consists of <\/span><b>\u20ac 50 000 endowments and <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with an official citation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Focus:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations that make an outstanding contribution to defending human rights, freedom of thought, free expression, minority rights, and international law.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about International Criminal Court<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>permanent and independent criminal court<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established to prosecute offenders of serious crimes in the international community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the only permanent international criminal tribunal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>created by the Rome Statute,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which came into force on <\/span><b>July 1, 2002.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Mandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ICC investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, the ICC is intended to prosecute the following crimes:Genocide, Crimes against humanity, War crimes and the crime of aggression.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Members:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are 125 member countries (China, <\/span><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Israel, Russia, and the United States are <\/span><b>not ICC parties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Composition<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Judges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The court <\/span><b>has eighteen judges,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each from a different member country, elected to non-renewable nine-year terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The Presidency<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consists of <\/span><b>three judges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the President and two Vice-Presidents) elected from among the judges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It represents the Court to the outside world and helps with the organization of the work of the judges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/international-criminal-court-wins-eus-2026-sakharov-prize-2026-10-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sakharov Prize is the European Union\u2019s highest honour dedicated to human rights work. 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