The Moore Prize Reveals its 2025 Shortlist of Books Dedicated to Human Rights At a time when human rights have been systematically violated across the globe, we at the Christopher G. Moore Foundation are proud to play a part in highlighting some of those vital issues through our annual literary prize. A powerful testimony to the horrific consequences of the war in Ukraine; the gripping story of separated twins and the impact of China’s one-child policy; a searing account of a life lived under constant, corrosive tension in the world’s
Read More Five Books Dedicated to Human Rights A gripping portrait of a single, heartbreaking day in Palestine; a poignant, unparalleled view of a woman’s fight forequality and justice in a fragile country; a deeply human chronicle of a drug war that has slaughtered thousands and highlighted the human impulse to dominate and resist; the chilling story of the false arrests and trial that couldforeshadow the collapse of the world’s largest democracy; and an urgent call to awaken to a humanitarian catastrophe in the most coercive surveillance regime in history. These are
Read More Books Dedicated to Human Rights The Christopher G. Moore Foundation is delighted to announce a shortlist of six books that are outstanding in their coverage of crucial human rights concerns across the world. The 2023 shortlist incorporates a range of topics from grand narratives to personal perspectives, encompassing civil and political rights as well as socio-economic rights issues. Each is compelling in its poignancy and novel approach to telling its story. Chosen from a longlist of 14 books by our jury: senior lecturer of Human Rights at Columbia University, Dr Jackie
Read More From our editor’s desk: This is year five for this prize. Our readers are invited to recommend books that touch upon human rights themes. The Foundation would then contact the publisher and as them to submit the title for consideration. The Christopher G. Moore Foundation is pleased to announce their fifth annual literary prize honouring books that feature human rights themes. The Prize has been established to provide funds to authors who, through their work, contribute to the understanding and universality of human rights. This unique initiative will be awarded
Read More The beginning and the ending … An essay by Christopher G. Moore – And a call for the The Moore Prize 2019 Writing on Human Rights at the end of this text. The word “immortals” is entwined in my mind with the Jorge Luis Borges’ story titled The Immortals. The story is an exploration of immortal beings imprisoned in the infinite and seeking to understand their condition. This passage in particular speaks a truth about our ideas of immortality. “Indoctrinated by a practice of centuries the republic of immortal men had attained the perfection of tolerance and almost that of indifference. They
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