Bring hope to forgotten conflicts
Your time to shine
The competition is free to enter and runs every year.
We celebrate clear and thoughtful submissions about a forgotten conflict or human rights issue that does not have mainstream attention.
Stay tuned
The 2026 prize has now concluded, and we want to thank everyone who entered and shared such powerful work.
You can access this year’s Youth Results here. There are also several creative pieces from this year’s competition displayed below.
Dates for the next round will be announced soon. Check back here for future updates!
Winners
Laina, Singapore
First Place, 13-17 Creative
Tahmina, Canada
Second Place, 13-17 Creative
Pauline, Phillippines
Third Place, 18-25 Creative Third Place
Journalism Prize
The HART Prize for Human Rights has awarded first place to journalist Mike Odeh James for his investigation “Nigeria’s Hidden Gulag: Inside the Rijana Camps”, an exposé documenting alleged mass abductions, detention networks, and survivor testimonies from forest camps in northwestern Nigeria.
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