International Human Rights Conference (Internationaler Menschenrechtspreis)  

Inspired by the message contained in the "Way of Human Rights", the City of Nuremberg established the "Nuremberg International Human Rights Award" endowed with Euro 15,000 which is presented every two years. The first award was presented on September 17, 1995, almost exactly 60 years after the passing of the National Socialist racial laws and 50 years after the end of World War II. It is a response to the human rights violations of those years and intended "to symbolise that any messages emanating from Nuremberg in the present and in the future will be symbols of peace reconciliation and human understanding". This award, to quote from its statutes, “is intended to contribute towards the observance and implementation of Human Rights as a universal and indivisible principle ... It honours individuals or groups who have, in an exemplary manner, committed themselves to the respect of Human Rights, sometimes at considerable personal risk."The Nuremberg International Human Rights Awards is also to be seen as a call for individual commitment and is hoped to contribute to a spirit of responsibility towards human rights. The decision on the award is made by an international jury.

Since 1995, Nuremberg has also been the venue for an annual international human rights conference where internationally renowned experts concentrate on various aspects of human rights.