The parliamentary calendar permitting, it is awarded as close as possible to 10 December, the anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
Ag brath ar fhéilire na Parlaiminte, bronntar an duais chomh gar agus is féidir don 10 Nollaig, arb é an dáta sin cothrom an lae ar síníodh Dearbhú Uile-Choiteann na Náisiún Aontaithe um Chearta an Duine sa bhliain 1948.