Human Rights Press Awards

The Human Rights Press Awards recognise top rights-related reporting from around Asia, with the goal of increasing respect for people’s basic rights and focusing attention on threats to those freedoms.

Entry Requirements

There is no entry fee.

Works must be:

  • In English or Chinese
  • Reported by professional journalists (except student categories), including freelancers, excluding corporations or activist groups.
  • Published or broadcast during the past calendar year, January 1 to December 31, 2022 on a professional media platform (except students).
  • Reported about the Asia region, including Central Asia, excluding Middle East, Australia, New Zealand
  • Related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • Each entry must cite the specific article that the work seeks to address.
  • No more than three entries per journalist are accepted. In some cases, series of multiple works can constitute one entry – see “Category” section above.

 

For student awards, no more than two works per entrant are accepted. Works by groups of students are accepted.

Any work already submitted for one category cannot also be submitted into any additional category (with the exception of the two photography categories).

Categories

Breaking News

Recognising work reported under deadline pressure with speed, accuracy and high-quality writing on a single human rights-related news event.

Investigative Writing

Recognising investigative work that makes use of all journalistic tools to uncover or expose new details of a significant human rights issue.

Explanatory Feature

Recognising feature writing that provides detailed insight, analysis and comprehension to explain a significant human rights issue.

Photography (Single Image)

Recognising a single image that demonstrates excellence in photography on a human rights issue.

Photography (Series)

Recognising a series of images demonstrating excellence in photography on a single, specific human rights issue.

Short Video (English, Chinese)

Recognising compelling and shareable video reporting on a human rights issue, as originally published with duration of less than twelve minutes.

Documentary (English, Chinese)

Recognising excellent in-depth video reporting on an issue of human rights significance, as originally published with duration exceeding twelve minutes.

Multimedia (English, Chinese)

Recognising innovative, multi-format reporting on a human rights issue which makes use of two or more of the following mediums: text, photo essay, video, audio/podcast, infographic and/or interactive elements.

Tertiary Student (English, Chinese)

Recognising excellence in written/video/audio reporting by a student in tertiary education on an issue of human rights significance.

Past Winners

Please note that at this time we are under construction.

We will have the past winners available soon.

Organizers

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Requirements

Breaking News, Investigative Writing, and Explanatory Feature

Works must have been published in text-based news media including, but not restricted to, newspapers, magazines, journals and wire service. For a series of work, all of which must have been published, choose the top two articles and provide a brief summary of the rest.

Requirements

Photography (Single Image)

We accept JPEGs with a quality setting of eight or above. They should be at least 2,500 pixels on the longest side and resize for smaller images. Entries must contain an English-language caption. If assistance is required for translation please contact the award administrators. A single image entry may also be submitted as part of a series.

Requirements

Photography (Series)

Maximum eight images per entry. All photographs must cover one single, specific human rights issue. We accept JPEGs with a quality setting of eight or above. They should be at least 2,500 pixels on the longest side and resize for smaller images. Entries must contain an English-language caption for each photograph. If assistance is required with translation please contact the award administrators.

Requirements

Short Video

As originally published with duration of less than twelve minutes. The works must be in English or Chinese (and English or Chinese subtitles for video entries that are in other languages) when it was originally published. We accept MediaPlayer or Quicktime compatible files. If the work is available online, please submit a URL.

Requirements

Documentary

As originally published with duration exceeding twelve minutes. The works must be in English or Chinese (and English or Chinese subtitles for video entries that are in other languages) when it was originally published. We accept MediaPlayer or Quicktime compatible files. If the work is available online, please submit a URL.

Requirements

Multimedia

Makes use of two or more of the following mediums: text, photo essay, video, audio/podcast, infographic and/or interactive elements. This category is for works that do not fit easily into our other categories – so a standard article with a single photo, or a TV show with a simple transcript would not qualify. A URL is required for this category. Please note that we do not accept self-published works.

Requirements

Tertiary Student

Recognising excellence in written/video/audio reporting by a student in tertiary education on an issue of human rights significance.