Human Rights Defenders Tulip for 2012 awarded to Indian
    The independent jury of the Dutch Human Rights Defenders Tulip has chosen Marimuthu Bharathan (51) from India to receive the award for 2012. The award ceremony will take place on 9 January… Read more>>

The Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2012 is now closed for nominations
The Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2012 is now closed for nominations.  This year, a total of 66 human rights defenders from all over the world were proposed for the prize.  The candidacies will… Read more>>

Call for Nominations for the 2012 Human Rights Defenders Tulip
We are now taking nominations for the 2012 Human Rights Defenders Tulip. Anyone is welcome to put forward a candidate between now and 15 June. Read more>>

Human Rights Defenders Tulip for Ni Yulan, China
The independent jury for the Dutch Human Rights Defenders Tulip has awarded the prize for 2011 to the Chinese activist Ni Yulan, 51. Read more>>

Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2011 awarded but not presented
This year on 10 December – International Human Rights Day – the Human Rights Defenders Tulip was awarded but not presented. The reason was that announcing the winner's name and home country… Read more>>

Nominations for Human Rights Defenders Tulip open
29 April 2011. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Tulip, a human rights award presented by the Dutch government. Human rights defenders the world over… Read more>>

Bertha Oliva awarded Human Rights Tulip
10 December 2010. On presenting the 2010 Human Rights Tulip to Bertha Oliva de Nativí of Honduras, Minister of Foreign Affairs Uri Rosenthal said, ‘You have shown extraordinary… Read more>>

Human Rights Defenders Tulip for Honduran Bertha Oliva
18 November 2010. The Dutch government has awarded the 2010 Human Rights Defenders Tulip to Bertha Oliva de Nativi from Honduras, in recognition of her long fight for the rights of relatives… Read more>>

More than 170 nominations for the Human Rights Defenders Tulip
This year, 174 human rights defenders have been nominated for the Human Rights Defenders Tulip, the Dutch government's human rights award. They come from 73 countries all over the world, and from all… Read more>>

Call for nominees now opened
Nominations are now being accepted for the Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2010. Anyone can submit a nomination. The nomination form is available here. Nominations must be received by 15 June 2010. The Human… Read more>>

Wanted: human rights defenders
9 April 2010. Nominations are now being accepted for the Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2010. This human rights prize is presented by the Dutch government to a man or woman who has shown… Read more>>

Call for nominations for Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2009
26 June 2009. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip award. Anyone can nominate a candidate for the human rights defenders award at www.humanrightstulip.org.… Read more>>

Human Rights Defenders Tulip officially registered
29 October 2009 | The Dutch Human Rights Defenders Tulip, an award with which the Netherlands honours and publicises the work of human rights defenders the world over, has now been officially… Read more>>

Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2009 awarded to the Iranian Shadi Sadr
9 November 2009. The Human Rights Defenders Tulip award for 2009 was presented to the Iranian human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr at the Knight’s Hall in The Hague. She received the… Read more>>

Shadi Sadr wins 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award
20 October 2009. The Iranian human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr has won the 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip for her courage in championing the human rights of her fellow citizens. Foreign… Read more>>

More than 100 nominations for Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award
9 September 2009. This year 116 human rights defenders have been nominated for the Human Rights Defenders Tulip, the largest human rights award in the Netherlands. The potential laureates… Read more>>

Tulip award presented to Justine Masika
10 December 2008. The first Human Rights Defenders Tulip award was presented to Justine Masika Bihamba by Minister Verhagen of Foreign Affairs in an impressive ceremony in The Hague. Read more>>

Congolese human rights defender wins 1st Tulip award
12 November 2008. Justine Masika Bihamba is the laureate of the first Human Rights Defenders Tulip award. Justine Masika is from Goma, North-Kivu province in the east of the Democratic… Read more>>

The Netherlands to honour human rights defenders
9 September 2008 | Foreign minister Maxime Verhagen has created the Human Rights Defenders Tulip, an award which will be presented annually to an individual who has shown exceptional… Read more>>