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Page 1: FOUNDATION « GENEVA PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN PSYCHIATRY » The Foundation seeks to increase knowledge about mental illness, to reduce discrimination against
Page 2: FOUNDATION « GENEVA PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN PSYCHIATRY » The Foundation seeks to increase knowledge about mental illness, to reduce discrimination against

FOUNDATION « GENEVA PRIZE FOR FOUNDATION « GENEVA PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN PSYCHIATRY »HUMAN RIGHTS IN PSYCHIATRY »

The Foundation seeks to increase knowledge about mental The Foundation seeks to increase knowledge about mental illness, to reduce discrimination against those suffering illness, to reduce discrimination against those suffering from it and to promote fair and ethical treatment in the from it and to promote fair and ethical treatment in the health care health care systemsystem..

  The Foundation has created an award rewarding The Foundation has created an award rewarding individuals, associations as well as governmental and non-individuals, associations as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations that have excelled in their governmental organizations that have excelled in their application of principles of human rights and ethics in application of principles of human rights and ethics in psychiatry.psychiatry.

www.geneva-prize.chwww.geneva-prize.ch

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FOUNDATION « GENEVA PRIZE FOR FOUNDATION « GENEVA PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN PYCHIATRY »HUMAN RIGHTS IN PYCHIATRY »

The JuryThe Jury MrsMrs Ruth Dreifuss Ruth Dreifuss, , Federal Councillor, formerFederal Councillor, former Pr Preesident sident of the of the

Swiss Swiss ConfConfeeddeeration (Prration (Preesident sident of the of the jury)jury) MMrr Nicola Nicolass Bideau Bideau, , Federal Federal DDepartment of Foreign Affairs, epartment of Foreign Affairs,

Bern, SwitzerlandBern, Switzerland ProfessProfessoror Pier Maria Furlan Pier Maria Furlan, , Head of the Department of Head of the Department of

Psychiatry of Turin UniversityPsychiatry of Turin University, Ital, Italy y Professor Robert RothProfessor Robert Roth, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the , Dean of the Faculty of Law of the

University of Geneva, SwitzerlandUniversity of Geneva, Switzerland Professor Olivier GuillodProfessor Olivier Guillod, Dean of the Faculty of Law and , Dean of the Faculty of Law and

Economic Sciences, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Economic Sciences, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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The Jury has awarded the 2005 Prize toThe Jury has awarded the 2005 Prize to

Dr Jorge Luis PellegriniDr Jorge Luis Pellegrini, , San Luis, ArgentinaSan Luis, Argentina

and gave an honourable mention toand gave an honourable mention to

1.1. The The Association for Suppport of Childhood Association for Suppport of Childhood in Distressin Distress, for their , for their « Marcela « Marcela ProgrammeProgramme » in Albania » in Albania

2.2. Grégoire AhongbononGrégoire Ahongbonon, in Ivory Coast , in Ivory Coast 3.3. The The Schizophrenia Research FoundationSchizophrenia Research Foundation

(SCARF) in India(SCARF) in India

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