THE RIGHTEOUS OF THE MED SEA

Fishermen, volunteers, artists,  seamen, doctors, lifeguards, nurses, pilots, shipmasters, rescuers have opened their hearts to save refugee children, men and women fleeing war and terror. They’ve even risked their own lives to rescue thousands from the sea waters.

With their actions, they drowned fear and racism in a wave of compassion and reminded the whole world that we are one, united humanity, above races, nations and religions.

The Nobel Peace Prize would be an important recognition for an international university carried out by humanitarian organizations and deserving people solely through the attempt to actively testify of respect for human dignity and peace, since any available and available help to the sacrifice shows victims a human face and a source of hope for reconciliation and peaceful coexistence.

WHO ARE THE RIGHTEOUS?

The term Righteous comes from the Bible, which states that “whoever saves a life saves the whole world” and it was applied for the first time in Israel with reference to those who rescued Jews from Nazi persecution in Europe.

“Are the Holocaut Righteous different from those rescuers who help the refugees at sea? The context is different, because then those who saved the Jews risked their own life – or at least their reputation – setting themselves directly against the executioners, while today this is a choice of conscience, where somebody puts him or herself at the disposal of the other. There is though one common point though. The Righteous of yesterday and today answer the call of the other’s face. Probably, in their life, they would have done something completely different, but then something compelled them to act. They have not planned to do good, they have not gone out to do some volunteer work, nor decided to sacrifice their lives as missionaries, but in the face of people demanding help they have decided to act, as if they had received an order“.
[Daniele Biella, “L’isola dei giusti. Lesbo, crocevia dell’umanità”, 2017]

THE RIGHTEOUS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

The Committee has selected more than 60 subjects,  who have continuously activated, during the “Refugees Crisis”, many maritime rescue means along the migratory routes of the Central Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea.

NGOs and other worthy subjects, who provide a humanitarian response to the protection of the lives of migrants, motivated by the universal principle that every person in danger at sea must be rescued and treated with dignity.

Fishermen, volunteers, artists, seamen, doctors, lifeguards, nurses, pilots, shipmasters, rescuers have opened their hearts to save refugee children, men and women fleeing war and terror. They’ve even risked their own lives to rescue thousands from the sea waters.

With their actions, they drowned fear and racism in a wave of compassion and reminded the whole world that we are one, united humanity, above races, nations and religions.

SELECTION CRITERIA

“Continuous, non-governmental and non-profit activity (direct management or medical/operative support) with maritime means dedicated to rescue operations of migrants”

THE RIGHTEOUS LIST [click to download]

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HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS

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• MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES – Switzerland
• MIGRANT OFFSHORE AID STATION – Malta
• CORPO ITALIANO DI SOCCORSO DELL’ORDINE DI MALTA – Italy
• EMERGENCY ONG ONLUS – Italy
• CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA – Italy
• SEA-WATCH E.V. – Germany
• HUMANITARIAN PILOTS INITIATIVE – Switzerland
• SEA-EYE E.V. – Germany
• PROACTIVA OPEN ARMS – Spain
• HUMANITY CREW – Israel
• DUTCH BOAT REFUGEE FOUNDATION – Holland
• SAVE THE CHILDREN – United Kingdom
• SOS MÉDITERRANÉE – Germany, France, Italy
• MÉDECINS DU MONDE – France
• JUGEND RETTET E.V. – Germany
• MISSION LIFELINE E.V. – Germany
• GERMAN MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION – Germany
• GERMAN LIFE-SAVING SERVICE – Germany
• HELLENIC RESCUE TEAM – Greece
• LIFE BOAT GGMBH I.G. – Germany
• CADUS REDEFINE GLOBAL SOLIDARITY E.V. – Germany
• ELPIS NAVE OSPEDALE ONLUS – Italy
• WOMEN AND HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL – France
• RAINBOW FOR AFRICA ONLUS – Italy
• MISSIONLAND ONLUS – Italy
• ENGIM INTERNAZIONALE – Italy
• VOLUNTEER SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM – Greece
• SAILORS WITHOUT BORDERS – Poland
• SWEDISH SEA RESCUE SOCIETY – Sweden
• ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION – United Kingdom
• NORWEGIAN SOCIETY FOR SEA RESCUE – Norway
• ROYAL NETHERLANDS SEA RESCUE INSTITUTION – Holland
• BODRUM SEA RESCUE ASSOCIATION – Turkey
• LIFEGUARD HELLAS SAVE & RESCUE VOLUNTEER TEAM – Greece
• INTERNATIONAL SURF LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION – Usa
• BETHELLS BEACH SURF LIFE SAVING PATROL – New Zealand
• LIFEGUARDS WITHOUT BORDERS – Usa
• GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL – Holland
• EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRE INTERNATIONAL – Greece
• VANCOUVER SEARCH AND RESCUE – Canada
• PROEM-AID OCEAN RESCUE TEAM – Spain
• PLATANOS RESCUE TEAM – Greece
• SALVAMENTO MARÍTIMO HUMANITARIO – Spain
• F.E.O.X. RESCUE TEAM – Greece
• REFUGEE RESCUE – United Kingdom
• CANADIAN MARINE RESCUE ASSISTANCE INT. SOCIETY – Canada
• TEAM HUMANITY – Denmark
• SAMOS DIVERS ASSOCIATION – Greece
• ELITE TEAM SPECIAL MISSIONS GREECE – Greece
• BOMBEROS EN ACCIÓN ONGD – Spain
• ATLANTIC PACIFIC INT. RESCUE BOAT PROJECT – United Kingdom
• THE WORLDWIDE TRIBE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM – United Kingdom
• ZENTRUM FÜR POLITISCHE SCHÖNHEIT – Germany

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MERITORIOUS SUBJECTS

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• Mr. IOANNIS POLYCHRONOPOULOS – Piraeus, Greece
  EPE – ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING S.A.
• FISHING FLEET OF MAZARA DEL VALLO – Mazara del Vallo, Italy
  DISTRETTO DELLA PESCA E CRESCITA BLU MAZARA
• FISHING FLEET OF LAMPEDUSA AND LINOSA – Lampedusa, Italy
  CONSORZIO PESCATORI LAMPEDUSA E LINOSA
• FISHING FLEET OF ZARZIS – Zarzis, Tunisia
  ASS.“LE PECHEUR” POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT
• Mr. RECEP EVRAN – Kusadasi, Turkey
• Mr. PANAGIOTIS KAPABETIS – Alexandrupolis, Greece
• Mr. STRATIS KASSOS – Lesvos, Greece
• Mr. NIKOS KATAKOUZINOS – Lesvos, Greece
• Mr. BABIS MANIAS – Rodos, Greece
• Mr. THANASIS MARMARINOS – Lesvos, Greece
• Mr. GIORGOS MAVRIPIDIS – Lesvos, Greece
• Mr. KOSTAS PINTERIS – Lesvos, Greece
• Mr. STRATIS VALIAMOS – Lesvos, Greece
• Mr. STEFANOS ZANNIKOS – Chios, Greece
  

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An international group of european citizens start up the Committee in Parma (Italy) for the nomination to the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 “THE RIGHTEOUS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA”.

Numerous initiatives are planned:

– the activation the support from institutions, political organizations and the academic world for the official submission of the nomination

– the start of the official web site dedicated to the support campaign and social network profiles

– the launch of an international online petition to support the candidature

– the campaign “On the part of the Righteous”, addressed to the mayors of european cities who intend to declare the public administration support to the nomination

– the request for official sponsorship to peace organizations and social subjects for the campaign

The Committee does not require any economic burden for own activity, absolutely non-profit and voluntary.

Candidature Committee to Nobel Peace Prize 2018
“The Righteous of the Mediterranean Sea”

 

Coordinator: Mr. Andrea Cantini – Parma, Italy

www.nobel-righteous-mediterraneansea.info

email: committee@nobel-righteous-mediterraneansea.info