PROCEEDINGS
Just like last year, it's time for the NSG PEACE PRIZE!
Every one of us will be able to nominate a single RL individual, or a single RL organization, which deserves to be honoured for the extraordinary contribution given to the cause of human rights and/or peace. Please explain summarily what the contribution is. Take a peep at the proceedings of the previous editions for ideas.
Also inanimated objects are eligible, see rules below.
As usual, the Committee will intervene with suggestions and evaluations of the nominations - both about the value of the nominee and the form of the nomination itself. The Committee is the ultimate referee of the proceedings.
Committee members:
Risottia
Minoa
Please do not TG the Committee members: post in this thread instead.
Links to the proceedings and proclamations of all the editions
Proceedings and proclamation of the First Edition (2010)
Proceedings and proclamation of the Second Edition (2011)
Proceedings and proclamation of the Third Edition (2012)
Proceedings and proclamation of the Fourth Edition (2013)
Proceedings and proclamation of the Fifth Edition (2014)
Proceedings and proclamation of the Sixth Edition (2015)
Proceedings and proclamation of the Seventh Edition (2016)
NOTES & RULES
ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS PHASE:
- The nominations phase is now OPEN and will last until October 8th, 20.00 CET (UTC+1). (Currently considering an extra week).
- Every single nomination will have to be supported by at least 5 NSGers to pass to the next stage - poll between the 10 most supported nominations. If less than 10 candidates will have reached 5 nominations, the Committee will try to include in the final poll also those who got 4, or eventually 3, nominations only.
- REAL LIFE individuals, REAL LIFE organizations. No NS Nations, groups of NS Nations, or otherwise fictional nominees.
- PEOPLE must be ALIVE at the moment of the nomination. ORGANIZATIONS must be ACTIVE at the moment of the nomination.
- INANIMATED OBJECTS accepted also, provided they are single, physical objects still existing at the moment of the nomination. As a guideline, it should be something eligible as UNESCO World Heritage (material or immaterial).
- ALWAYS provide a good explanation of the contribute your nominee has given. Take a peep at the previous editions to have examples of good and bad explanations.
- ONLY ONE nomination per NSGer, please. THIS INCLUDES SUPPORTING OTHER NOMINATIONS: if you already nominated someone you cannot support someone else's nomination. You can retire a nomination/support you previously made/gave (we'd prefer you didn't though, because the thread would become a mess!). And no, you can't support more than one nomination. I thought it was clear.
- Note: If you aren't submitting a new nomination, and are instead going to support someone that has already been nominated, be sure to check the WHOLE nomination list.
- Please, campaign against nominees just in the POLL phase.
- NO NOMINATIONS VIA TG WILL BE ACCEPTED. ONLY POSTS IN THIS THREAD. ALSO DO NOT PESTER THE COMMITTEE VIA TG.
- Previous winners of the prize cannot be nominated.
- Support by puppet nations - identified as such by NS mods - will be considered void.
- The committee will consider as void the posts with double nominations or supports.
ABOUT THE POLL PHASE:
- The poll is now CLOSED.
- YES you can change your vote in the poll.
- NO you can't vote for more than one candidate.
- NO you don't have necessarily to vote for the same candidate you nominated.
- YES you can campaign for/against candidates ON THIS THREAD DURING THE POLL PHASE. Just let's keep it reasonable, ok?
POLL
The poll is now CLOSED.
Poll between:
- list is empty
NOMINATIONS LIST
- The Kurdish defenders of Kobane (organisation, Syria/Iraq/Turkey) for supporting women's rights and upholding democratic values even while facing the assault of ISIL.
3 nominations: Shofercia, Bakery Hill, Socialist Tera
Good suggestion by Bakery Hill: We could rather say Rojava/North Syrian Federation or TEV-DEM (Movement for a Democratic Society) then? - The rescuers, nurses, doctors of Aleppo (various organisations, Syria) for intervening, in a catastrophic situation, to save civillians trapped in the rubble and injured because of the bombings in the Syrian war.
4 nominations: European Guilds, Dread Lady Nathicana, Geilinor, Neutraligon - Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Colombia, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia aka FARC, for their efforts in ending a civil conflict that had lasted for over six decades, and for bringing forth a new, more stable, prosperous, and hopeful era for their nation.
3 nominations: Shrilland, Pope Joan, Napkiraly - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon due to the vast amounts of time an effort he has dedicated to alleviating the damage caused by the Aleppo debacle and other similar humanitarian crises. Even with the work of his colleagues, the necessary actions would not have been taken without his perseverance. The fact that these actions have seen limited success should not diminish his legacy, which continues today.
1 nomination: The Great Devourer of All - The Rosetta Stone due its relevance for our understanding of the Egyptian Civilisation.
1 nomination: Auristania - AllTrials, a non-profit organisation that wants to address the flaws in the system that allow research to be buried. They are advocating that every clinical trial be registered on a database and their results made publicly available. SUSPENDED - the nomination needs to highlight more closely the contribution to human rights (hint: the right to health could be an idea?)
1 nomination: Philjia - Project Semicolon, for its vision about achieving lower suicide rates in the US and around the world, through a conversation about suicide, mental illness and addiction, with the aim of a society that openly addresses the struggle with mental illness, suicide and addiction
2 nominations: Nanatsu no Tsuki, Minzerland II - Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I for his efforts towards increased minority rights in Turkey, improvement of relations with the Catholics, and unity of the Orthodoxy. Most notably for his role in organizing the Pan-Orthodox Council, the first gathering of Orthodox Autocephalous Churches in centuries, which convened this year in spite of the politically motivated absence of several churches.
1 nomination: New Werpland - Donald John Trump for fighting to usher in a new era in American politics which will make the world safer by challenging the greed and warmongering of the established political order by forging new relationships that will resolve the problems of global conflict and unequal trade through dialogue and negotiation rather than confrontation and exploitation. He made the first bold step in ending one of the 21st century's most dangerous geopolitical confrontations - that between the Russian Federation and the United States playing out in Eurasia. This confrontation has directly or indirectly caused serious hurt and harm in places like the Crimea and the Ukraine and instability across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Donald Trump has also shown an interest in resolving for good the European Migrant crisis and diffusing tensions in East Asia.
3 nominations: Even Less of Mackonia, Panslavicland, Scandinavian Nations - BlackLivesMatter movement, for its bringing attention to the excessively brutal terroristic methods of so-called police forces across the U.S.A., for its steadfast advocacy of criminal justice reform, and for its revival and continuation of the black civil rights movement of the 1960s.
1 nomination: Yootxtlalkaan - Amnesty International, for their long-established and continuous work to defend human rights. Amnesty International, based a short walk from the Sadler’s Wells Theatre, has been for many years, one of the main go-to organisations for defending human rights internationally. While Reporters Sans Frontières is the authority for press freedom, covering 180 countries in this year’s Press Freedom Index, Amnesty International is the de facto leader in the human rights movement globally.
1 nomination: Minoa - Harambe REJECTED for not being a living human, an active organisation, or an eligible object. DO NOT REPOST.
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi REJECTED for being the leader of a murderous totalitarian theocratic dictatorship. DO NOT REPOST.
- CITES REJECTED for not showing a direct causal link with human rights or peace.
- Rodrigo Duterte REJECTED because, frankly, too high on Poe's Law. "Invented CCTV", really? Not going to comb through that.
- Médécins Sans Frontiéres not eligible having already won an earlier edition.
- Malala Yousafzai not eligible having already won an earlier edition.
- Julie Bishop SUSPENDED for insufficient motivation.
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement SUSPENDED for insufficent motivation.
- Justin Trudeau SUSPENDED for insufficient motivation.