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 Following the initiative of the Villa Decius Association, the Prize of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2002-2003) was established in the year 2003 with an aim to promote human rights, democracy and tolerance and had its first edition already in 2004. The permission to establish the Prize was granted by Sergio’s mother, Madam Gilda Vieira de Mello. Since 2011 it is called “The Polish Prize of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2002-2003)”.
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 30.06.2012 - deadline for applications
Paying homage to honor the memory of Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2002-2003), we announce the 9th edition of the Prize named after him, awarded for special merits in peaceful co-existence and co-operation of communities, religions and cultures.
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 On 15 September, 2011, meeting of the Chapter of the Polish Prize of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2002-2003) took place.
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8 October 2009
 The ceremony of awarding the Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the years 2002-2003, took place within the framework of an international conference "Challenges of Freedom" on 8 October 2009 at Villa Decius, Krakow. Among the laureates there are: Fatos Lubonja (In the "individual" category), United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (In the "NGO" category), Leopold Unger (Special Prize).
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(1948-2003)
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948, studied philosophy and humanistic studies at Pantheon Sorbonne University of Paris. Being still a student, he started to cooperate with the United Nations, to become fully involved in the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva. He participated in numerous humanitarian and peacekeeping actions including Bangladesh, the Sudan, Cyprus, Mozambique and Peru.
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7th October 2010
The ceremony of awarding the Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the years 2002-2003, was a special event of an international conference “Eastern Europe - the challenge of modernization” and took place on 7th October 2010 at the Villa Decius in Krakow.
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16 October 2008
 The ceremony of awarding the Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the years 2002-2003, took place within the framework of an international conference "Millennium Goals of Culture?" on 16 October 2008 at Villa Decius, Krakow. Among the laureates there are: Krystyna Pryjomko-Serafin (In the "individual" category), Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (In the "NGO" category), Shevah Weiss (Special Prize) and Michał Żejmis (Distinction by the Award Committee).
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