The HRE Award is presented jointly by the Prague Society and the Global Panel Foundation. The most recent recipients were Zdeněk Tůma, Magda Vášáryová, Tony Fitzjohn and Souad Mekhennet in 2016.
Previous recipients include Andrés Pastrana, Gen. Wesley Clark, Jiří Dienstbier, Madeleine Albright, Václav Havel, Adam Michnik and the 14th Dalai Lama.
The Award was presented to the Santa Marta Group for combating modern slavery and human trafficking globally. In particular it focuses on bringing together the heads of national and international police and law enforcement agencies along with international organisations to look at how they can work with the Catholic Church to help victims. The Santa Marta Group is named after the home of Pope Francis and was initiated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for England and Wales. It was established in Rome in 2014 when police chiefs and Catholic bishops came together in the presence of Pope Francis.
Special Awards for 2018 include:
Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová receive a Special Award in memoriam for their courageous commitment to Kuciak’s work as an investigative reporter. The couple were murdered in their home in February 2018 in an attempt to silence them. Kuciak, in his work, focused on politically related fraud. At the time of his death he had been working on a story on the influence of the Calabrian mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta,’ on business and politics in Slovakia.
From left: His Eminence Vincent Nichols, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society, and General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
From left: Philip J. Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (US) and former Pakistani Ambassador H.E. Mustafa Kamal Kazi
From left: Hon. Mark Pritchard, British MP and Dr. David Ryall, Catholic Bishops’ Conference
From left: General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and former Pakistani Ambassador H.E. Mustafa Kamal Kazi
From left: Roger Johnson, V.P. Republicans Overseas and General Petr Pavel, until recently Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
From left: Alexander DesForges, Press Officer, Catholic Bishops’ Conference, His Eminence Vincent Nichols, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, and Prof. Dan Maffei, former US Congressman
Marek Mora, member of the ČNB Board
General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society
From left: Markus Hermann, Prague Society, Zdeněk Tůma, former Governor of the Czech National Bank and Juan
Jr. Dayang, First Secretary, Head of Consular Section Embassy of the Philippines
From left: Dr. Karel Janeček, Philantropist and Juan Jr. Dayang, First Secretary, Head of Consular Section Embassy of the Philippines
Panel discussion on Modern Slavery
Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society and Pavla Holcová, Investigative Journalist
From left: Mr. Jozef Kuciak, father of Jan Kuciak, Mrs. Jana Kuciaková, mother of Jan Kuciak and Mrs. Zlatica Kušnírová, mother of Martina Kušnírová
Cyril Svoboda, Director, Diplomatic Academy
Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society
RNDr Petr Nečas, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
His Eminence Vincent Nichols, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster
Participants from the panel discussions on Modern Slavery and Fake News
From left: His Eminence Vincent Nichols, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster and Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society
Award presented to Santa Marta Group and its President His Eminence Vincent Nichols, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster by Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society
Pavla Holcová, Investigative Journalist, introducing a special award in memoriam of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová
From left: Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society, Dr David Ryall, Catholic Bishop’s Conference, RNDr Petr Nečas, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, His Eminence Vincent Nichols, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, and General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
From left: RNDr Petr Nečas, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and His Eminence Vincent Nichols, Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster
General Petr Pavel, until recently Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
All together – invited guests, members of Prague Society, and Award recipients
From left: General Wesley Clark, formerly Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, Marc S. Ellenbogen, President, Prague Society, Mrs. Jana Kuciaková, mother of Ján Kuciak, Mr. Jozef Kuciak, father of Ján Kuciak, Katka Stryčková, Executive Director, Global Panel Foundation, Mrs. Zlatica Kušnírová, mother of Martina Kušnírová, Adam Fecunda, brother of Martina Kušnírová, and Michael Stimson, Vice President, Prague Society
From left: Imogen White, Erasmus Coordinator, Charles University, Floor Doppen, Prague Society, Michael Stimson, Vice President, Prague Society, Artthur Braun, Vice President, Prague Society, Chris Lettner, Prague Society, and Dr. Jochen Wittmann, Board Member, Global Panel Foundation
