Jamil Chade and Paulo Caruso will be the recipients of a Special 2026 Vladimir Herzog Award
Journalist and cartoonist will receive a special homage in the 48th edition of the Vladimir Herzog Amnesty and Human Rights Journalistic Award
Troféu símbolo do Prêmio – a meia lua recortada com a silhueta de Vlado, uma criação do artista plástico Elifas Andreato. Foto: Alice Vergueiro/Acervo PVH.
Trophy that symbolizes the Award – a crescent moon with Vlado’s silhouette, a creation by visual artist Elifas Andreato. Photo: Alice Vergueiro/PVH Archive.
One of the most important Brazilian journalists and one of the main artists whose pen has told the recent history of Brazil were those unanimously chosen by the commission that organizes the Vladimir Herzog Amnesty and Human Rights Journalistic Award for tributes in the special awards of its 48th edition.
Jamil Chade has visited 70 countries crossing borders with refugees, witnessing crimes against humanity, traveling with popes or covering diplomatic summits. With his office at the UN headquarters in Geneva, hew as elected the second most admired journalist in Brazil in 2025. Chade was nominated 4 times as a finalist for the Jabuti literary award. He is an ambassador of Instituto Adus, a member of the Instituto Vladimir Herzog council, and one of the researchers of the National Truth Commission. He currently writes columns at ICL Notícias, the TMC radio, Carta Capital, Vero, and TV Brasil.
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Paulo Caruso, the boy who shared a womb and passion for drawing with his twin brother, Chico, made caricature cartoons into his daily chronicle and humor his sharpest weapon. With the precision of his graduation in Architecture and the levity of someone who saw poetry in political absurdity, Paulo was one of the interpreters of Brazil’s recent history. A member of the writing staff of publications like O Pasquim and IstoÉ, he was the resident visual artist for TV Cultura’s Roda Viva interview program for over three decades. His passing in 2023, at the age of 73, left the country’s sketch table emptier.
Organizing and promoting commission
Since its first edition, offered in 1979, the award celebrates the life and work of journalist Vladimir Herzog, tortured and murdered by the civil-military dictatorship on October 25, 1975, in the facilities of DOI-CODI (Information Operations Office of the Center of Internal Defense Operations), in São Paulo.
The award is organized by the Instituto Prêmio Vladimir Herzog, a civil association of private law, not run for profit or political-partisan purposes, founded in November 2022 in São Paulo. The entity gathers 18 civil society institutions, in addition to the Herzog family: Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (ABI); Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (ABRAJI); Artigo 19; Comissão Justiça e Paz da Arquidiocese de São Paulo; Conectas Direitos Humanos; Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (ECA/USP); Federação Nacional dos Jornalistas (FENAJ); Geledés; Conselho Federal da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB Nacional); Instituto Vladimir Herzog, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA); Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Secção São Paulo; Ouvidoria da Polícia do Estado de São Paulo; Coletivo Periferia em Movimento; Sindicato dos Jornalistas Profissionais no Estado de São Paulo; Sociedade Brasileira dos Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (Intercom), SBPJor – Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo, and União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE).
The 48th Vladimir Herzog Amnesty and Human Rights Journalistic Award is sponsored by Petrobrás, Caixa, and the Federal Government through the Culture Incentive Act. In this edition, an arc of alliances formed by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP), Teatro da PUC, TV PUC, CDI, and OBORÉ will act as institutional partners.
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48th Vladimir Herzog Amnesty and Human Rights Journalistic Award
Award Ceremony: October 20th, 2026, Tuesday, at 07:30 p.m., at Tucarena, in São Paulo.
This year, the ceremony will be preceded by a Conversation Panel with the authors of the awarded productions and a visit to the Vladimir Herzog Memorial Square Recognition Walkway – Rua Santo Antônio, 33, Bela Vista – São Paulo – SP, behind the São Paulo Municipal Chamber of Representatives, in front of the Bandeira Terminal.
