The
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has awarded its
2011 Human Rights Prize to Russia's
Committee Against Torture in recognition of the organisation’s role in assisting victims of serious human rights abuses. The prize honours "outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe."
A panel, which included leading figures from the world of human rights, recommended the Committee Against Torture from among ten individuals and organisations nominated for the prize, praising its "effective independent investigations" alongside official state investigations, especially in Russia's
war-torn Chechnya.
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