The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) is pleased to announce its third annual Human Rights Essay Prize in Turkey.

The prize will be awarded to Turkish citizens in recognition of outstanding academic scholarship in two categories:

I. Masters students and research assistants who have completed their Masters degrees; and

II. PhD candidates.

The prize (one winner per category) will be the winners’ choice of either:

(a) the cost of travel to and participation in an international or domestic summer school, conference or workshop related to human rights selected by the prize winners up to EUR 2200; or
(b) educational materials, such as books or a computer, selected by the prize winners up to 1500 Euro.

The deadline for the submission of entries is 30 June, 2013. Winners will be notified and publicly announced by September 2013.

Please visit the website for further details, including persons eligible to apply and entry requirements.