Since 2003, the Prize is awarded every year in partnership by the Human Rights Institute of The Bar of Bordeaux, the Human Rights Institute of the Bar of Paris, the Human Rights Institute of The Bar of Brussels, l'Unione forense per la tutela dei diritti dell'uomo (Roma) and the European Bar Human Rights Institute (IDHAE) whose members are the biggest european law societies fighting for human rights such as The Law Society of England and Wales, Rechtsanwaltskamme Berlin, Ordre français des Avocats du barreau de Bruxelles, barreau de Luxembourg or Polish National Council of the Bar (Warsaw) . It is presented every year in a city that is home to one of the member Institutes.
Desde 2003, el galardón es otorgado por un jurado de 21 abogados pertenecientes a los institutos de derechos humanos de los Colegios de Abogados de Bruselas, París, Roma, Burdeos, y otras organizaciones de juristas de Gran Bretaña, Alemania, Luxemburgo y Polonia.