Sydney Peace Prize

April 13, 2016 In 2008 Patrick Dodson, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

Patrick Dodson makes impassioned plea for ‘a smarter form of justice’

Australia's legal system has become a "feared and despised processing plant" for most Aboriginal people, propelling the most vulnerable and disadvantaged towards a "broken, bleak future", according to Patrick Dodson. Lamenting that the situation has deteriorated since the landmark royal commission

March 17, 2016 In 2002 Mary Robinson, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

2002 Laureate Mary Robinson: People First – working together for a strong, just and inclusive society

On 17 March 2016, 2002 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate visited Sydney to headline Sydney City Talks to talk about inclusive, sustainable and just cities. A forceful human rights advocate, Mrs Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice,

March 5, 2016 In 2008 Patrick Dodson, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

Aboriginal elder Pat Dodson: portrait of the senator as a young man

Paddy Dodson might have been just another scared kid on his first night at boarding school

September 29, 2015 In 2014 Julan Burnside, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog

Julian Burnside: What sort of country are we?

This piece is based on the 2015 Hamer Oration, delivered by 2014 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Julian Burnside on September 28, 2015. It was published in The Conversation on 28 September 2015. It was with some surprise that I found myself engaged

June 9, 2015 In 2015 George Gittoes, Peace Blog

The Synthages – by George Gittoes

George Gittoes, the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize recipient, shares some of his latest work with you here. These synthages were created at Syracuse Light Work during his 2013 residency. In these Gittoes combines drawing with photographs from his work at Kibeho

April 20, 2015 In 2015 George Gittoes, Peace Blog

Dr George Gittoes AM: Videos and Media

Australian artist Dr George Gittoes AM received the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize: for exposing injustice for over 45 years as a humanist artist, activist and filmmaker, for his courage to witness and confront violence in the war zones of the world,

April 11, 2015 In 2015 George Gittoes, Peace Blog

George Gittoes wins 2015 Sydney Peace Prize

MEDIA RELEASE Saturday 11 April Australian artist George Gittoes AM has been selected to receive the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize. The Prize will be awarded on Tuesday 10 November at Sydney Town Hall. The 2015 Sydney Peace Prize Jury’s citation reads: George Gittoes AM:

January 22, 2015 In 2010 Vandana Shiva, Media, News, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates

2010 Laureate Vandana Shiva on Sowing Seeds of Peace in the Face of Violence

By Dr Vandana Shiva, recipient of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize We live in times whose signature is violence – from the killing of 134 innocent children in Peshawar to the massacres of 2000 by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the 17 in Paris just in the

November 5, 2014 In 2014 Julan Burnside, Peace Blog

Photos from the 2014 Sydney Peace Prize events

On Wednesday 5 November 2014, the Hon Professor Marie Bashir, former Governor of NSW, presented Julian Burnside with the 2014 Sydney Peace Prize, Australia's only international prize for peace. At numerous events surrounding this ceremony, the community of Sydney celebrated

November 5, 2014 In 2014 Julan Burnside, Peace Blog