Nominations are now open for the 2026 edition of the Council of Europe’s Raoul Wallenberg Prize, officially launched by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset. The prize is awarded every two years to a person, group of persons or organisation that has distinguished itself in the defence of human rights. The prize honours the memory of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. “In order to keep the memory of Raoul Wallenberg”, “whose deeds made a difference to people’s lives”, the Council of Europe created this prize in 2014. The deadline for applications is 31 October 2025. The award ceremony will take place in Strasbourg around 17 January – the date of Raoul Wallenberg’s arrest by Soviet forces in 1945 and subsequent disappearance. The call for nominations is available on the Council of Europe’s website. The winner of the 2024 edition was Croatian Neva Tölle, who has spent her life working to protect women from domestic violence.