The Gruber Prize for Justice, established in 2001, was one of five international prizes worth US$500,000 awarded by The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation,Yale and Patricia and Peter Gruber Announce Establishment of the Gruber Foundation at Yale an American non-profit organization.The Peter and Patricia Gruber FoundationGruber Prize Program Marks 10th Anniversary With Symposium & Live Announcement of Genetics and Neuroscience Prize Recipients
Recipients were selected by a distinguished panel of international legal experts from nominations received from around the world.Recipient Selection Overview
The Gruber Foundation Justice Prize was presented to individuals or organizations for contributions that have advanced the cause of justice as delivered through the legal system. The award was intended to acknowledge individual efforts, as well as to encourage further advancements in the field and progress toward bringing about a fundamentally just world.Justice Prize
The foundation established an annual fellowship at George Washington University Law School between 2009 and 2011, which funded a student to clerk with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hauge under the ICJ’s University Traineeship Programme. The foundation awarded its final prize in 2011, after which it was merged into the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights and moved to Yale Law School.
Recipients 2001: Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay and Sternford Moyo, both of Zimbabwe 2002: Fali Sam Nariman 2003: Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella and Madame Justice Bertha Wilson, both of Canada 2004: Former Chief Justices Arthur Chaskalson and Pius Langa, both of South Africa 2005: Dato Param Cumaraswamy 2006: Aharon Barak, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel 2007: Justice Carmen Argibay of Argentina; Judge of Chile; and international lawyer Mónica Feria Tinta of Peru 2008: Judge Thomas Buergenthal and Jerome J. Shestack 2009: Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative; European Roma Rights Centre 2010: The Honourable Michael Kirby; John Dugard; and the Indian Law Resource Center 2011: Barbara Arnwine; Morris Dees; Association for Civil Rights in Israel; Center for Legal and Social Studies; and Kurdish Human Rights Project
References
External links Gruber Foundation Web site Gruber Prizes nomination page