The Global Europe Program is pleased to host the 11th Annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Workshop on Political Challenges of Contemporary Azerbaijan featuring keynote remarks the 2015 recipient of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, Dr. Jamil Hasanli, an historian and democracy activist in Azerbaijan. 

Established in 2005, the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award (IRDA) aims to bring visibility and international recognition to the ideas, ideals and accomplishments of individuals around the world who are working on behalf of democracy. It brings recognition to the importance of the work carried out by democracy activists around the world.  The event expresses the deep commitment to democracy of the late Ion Ratiu through his contributions as a Romanian politician as well as his interest in democratic change worldwide.

Previous awardees include Mustafa Nayyem (Ukraine, 2014), Angela Kocze (Hungary, 2013), Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar, 2012), Nabeel Rajab (Bahrain, 2011), Oleg Kozlovsky (Russia, 2010), Adam Michnik (Poland, 2009), Eleonora Cercavschi (Moldova, 2008), Anatoli Mikhailov (Belarus, 2007), Saad Ibrahim (Egypt, 2006), and Sergio Aguayo (Mexico, 2005).

This event is co-sponsored by the Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation and the Ratiu Center for Democracy.
 

2015 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Recipient
 

Dr. Jamil Hasanli
Historian; Chairman, National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan; former Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow

 

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