The death of Professor Konstantin Obradovic on 10 March 2000 left the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights without its founder and deputy director; the country’s scientific community lost one of the most eminent experts in public international law and the greatest expert in international humanitarian law.
In memory of its esteemed founder, the Centre in 2000 established the Konstantin Obradovic Award for improving the human rights culture. The annual prize is awarded on Human Rights Day and funded from the proceeds of the Bruno Kreisky prize for outstanding achievements in the area of human rights the Centre received in 2000. The jury, former FRY/SaM Ambassador to Mexico Vesna Pesic, Vesna Petrovic and Gordana Matkovic. Since 2021, Miodrag Obradović, son of Konstantin Obradović, has taken care of the Foundation and awarding.
Were of the opinion that the following individuals deserved the prize in the past years:
