Outline what the Nobel Peace Prize is, the origins of the prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded every year since 1901. It is awarded to people for their achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. It is an international award authorised by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank created The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel who was the founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.
Brief biography of Adolfo Perez Esquivel. This should include their DOB, any education of work history details and their major achievements (include a picture).
On the 26th November 1931 in Buenos Aires, Adolfo Perez Esquivel was born. He trained as an architect and sculptor and later was appointed Professor of Architecture. In 1974, Adolfo gave up his teaching to dedicate all his time to the work of coordinating activities of various non-violet elements in Latin America. Two years later he began an international campaign that was aimed to persuade United Nations to start a Human Rights Commission and then a document was drawn up recording breaches of human rights in Latin America. During spring of 1977, Adolfo Perez Esquivel was imprisoned with no cause being shown, then in May 1978, he was released but had to report to the police as well as having various restrictions. These restrictions eventually ended and he visited Europe in 1980.
Servicio Paz y Justicia is a well established organisation in which Adolfo Perez Esquivel is the leader. Latin America is divided into three regions each with their own offices then followed by the national organisations. The activities that are run within these offices are all organised in Esquivel’s office in Buenos Aires.
Servicio Paz y Justicia is based on a Christian view of life and loves close contact with clergy and bishops critical of present-day situations in Latin American. This organisation’s main task is to encourage respect towards human rights; this should include social and economic rights. This means that this organisation provides assistance towards rural workers in their struggle for land, and to the trade unions in their struggle to protect the rights of their workers. This is done in the form of legal aid.
Despite the problems Adolfo Perez Esquivel has faced, he demands that the struggle must only be pursued with non-violent means.
When and why Adolfo Perez Esquivel was awarded the prize.
Even though Adolfo Perez Esquivel recognised as a sculptor, he wanted to bring out the peace and fortune for the poor. In 1980, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; he won this award for his defence to ease human rights in South America.
Explain why Adolfo Perez Esquivel became involved in the work.
Adolfo dedicated a lot of his adult life to championing fair conditions for the continent's peasants, or landless farmers, and he gained some measure of fame in his country for criticizing a brutal military system that kidnapped, tortured, and killed thousands during the 1970s.
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