The Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award for Amnesty and Human Rights has opened registration for its 47th edition
The most traditional award in Brazilian press is dedicated to journalists, photojournalists, writers, and sketch artists whose production puts a premium on human rights
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.
Registrations are now open for the 47th edition of the Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award for Amnesty and Human Rights between May 10th and June 10th, 2025. This renowned Brazilian press award acknowledges journalists, photojournalists, writers and sketch artists who, in their daily work, uphold democracy, justice, and human rights.
Exceptionally, as a way to pay respects on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Vlado, the face of the Award, and to bring up agendas on Brazilian politics, attacks against democratic rule of law and ways in which Brazilian institutions, on all fronts, are working to defend our Democracy, the Organizing Committee established a new award category this. The Additional Category: Defense of Democracy takes individual or team applications, limited to just one work by author or team of authors, produced between January 8th, 2023, and September 23rd, 2025. For this category, registrations will be accepted by 06:00 PM of September 23, 2025.
Those interested may visit www.premiovladimirherzog.org and check the Regulation of the seven traditional categories (text, video, audio, multimedia, photography, art, and report book) and specific rules of the Additional category (text, video, audio, multimedia, photography, and art categories).
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Organizing committee and promoter
Since its first edition in 1979, the Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award pays tribute to communication personalities and professionals who excel in the promotion of fundamental human rights, celebrating the life and work of journalist Vladimir Herzog, tortured and assassinated by the Civil-Military Dictatorship on October 25, 1975 within the facilities of DOI-CODI (Department of Information Operations — Center for Internal Defense Operations) in São Paulo.
Since 2023, in its historic 45-year edition, the award has been organized by Instituto Prêmio Vladimir Herzog, a non-profit private civil association without ties to political parties, 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, the Brazilian Press Association); Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (ABRAJI, the Brazilian Investigative Journalism Association); Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo (ABPJor, the Brazilian Association of Journalism Researchers); Artigo 19; the São Paulo Archdiocese Commission of Justice and Peace; Conectas Direitos Humanos; the Arts and Communication School of Universidade de São Paulo (ECA/USP); the National Journalist Federation (FENAJ); Geledés; the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB Nacional); Instituto Vladimir Herzog, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA); the Brazilian Bar Association –São Paulo Chapter; the São Paulo State Police Ombudsman Office; Periferia em Movimento; the São Paulo State Professional Journalist’s Union; Sociedade Brasileira dos Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (Intercom, the Brazilian Society of Interdisciplinary Communication Studies) and União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE, Brazilian Writer’s Union).
CALENDAR
- Rules and registration here
- Registration period:
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- Traditional categories – May 10th to June 10th, 2025
- Additional Category: Defense of Democracy – May 10th to September 23rd, 2025
- Public session for decisions and reveal of the winners: October 7th, Tuesday, 02:00 PM, with live broadcast
- Round table with the winners and Award Ceremony: October 27th, Monday, at Tucarena, in São Paulo
