Please include the following information in your nomination (The nomination deadline is April 15, 2008):

2008 Nomination Form

Nominee: _______________________________________________________

Country:________________________________________________________

Organization:____________________________________________________

Address/Email/Website:____________________________________________

Phone/Fax:_____________________________________________________

Nominator: _____________________________________________________

Address/Email/Website: ___________________________________________

Phone/Fax:_____________________________________________________

Please send a detailed response to the following questions.

1. Please describe the nominee's human rights work. What impact or results has this nominee achieved? If you can, please provide written examples of the nominee's human rights work (i.e. essays, project reports, articles, etc.) or news accounts describing it. Please do not include books or videos with your nomination.

2. What is the national human rights context in which the nominee is working? What is the relevance of the issues the nominee is addressing?

3. How does this work fit into the larger human rights movement in the nominee's country? Does the nominee work for an organization, in coalition with other individuals/organizations, or both?

4. The RFK Center for Human Rights (RFK Center) partners with the winner of the Human Rights Award, providing complementary advocacy to the winner and his/her organization. How could the RFK Center provide advocacy support for the nominee's campaigns and projects?

5. Please provide basic biographical, personal, and curriculum vitae information on the candidate. What kind of reputation does the nominee have for effectiveness, credibility, and integrity? Has the nominee received or been nominated for any professional awards?

6. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and/or your organization. How well do you know the nominee and her/his work, and how did you come to be familiar with her/him?

** The nomination deadline is April 15, 2008. Nominations will not be accepted past this date.**

(Email nominations are preferred but mail and fax nominations accepted)

Email: nominations@rfkmemorial.org

US Mail: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Attention: Award Nomination
1367 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #200
Washington, D.C. 20036 USA

Fax: 1-202-463-6606

For questions please contact Colleen Buhrer at nominations@rfkmemorial.org.