The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development celebrates the richness of the cultures of the world and the role of intercultural dialogue for achieving peace and sustainable development. On that date, 21 May at 12:00 (Lisbon time), the 2023 North-South Prize of the Council of Europe award ceremony will take place at the Portuguese Parliament.

It will also be broadcasted live on the main page of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe website, with English and French interpretations: www.nscentre.org

Amina Bouayach and the Global Campus of Human Rights, represented by its President, Judge Verónica Gómez, and its Secretary General, Manfred Nowak, will be honored during the celebration of the 29th North-South Prize of the Council of Europe award ceremony. 

The Prize will be presented by H.E: the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the President of Portuguese Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco. The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Bjørn Berge, as well as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the North-South Centre, Ambassador Francesca Camilleri Vettiger, will also take part in the ceremony.