India, Oct. 15 -- Amnesty International Germany has awarded its 2026 Human Rights Award to Palestinian lawyer Khaled Quzmar, citing his longstanding work defending the rights of children in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory, according to an announcement dated Oct. 13, 2026 in Berlin. The award carries a prize of €20,000.
Award and citation
Amnesty International Germany described Khaled Quzmar as an internationally recognised expert on children’s rights who has helped expose what it called structural and systematic human rights abuses against Palestinian children and has pushed demands for accountability and justice into public debate.
The organisation said Quzmar has documented human rights violations in the Gaza Strip and the...