New Human Rights Logo Chosen

Jakarta Globe, September 28, 2011

In this photo provided by the Human Rights Logo Initiative, Predrag Stakic,
from Serbia, is interviewed during an event where his logo, seen in this image,
 was presented as the universal logo for human rights Friday Sept. 23, 2011
in New York. (AP Photo/Human Rights Logo Initiative, Tina Fineberg) 

           

Berlin. Internet voters have chosen a new human rights logo, designed by a freelance graphic designer from Serbia.

Some 25 percent of online voters chose 33-year-old Pedrag Stakic's submission after an international jury that included five Nobel Peace Prize winners had narrowed the contest down to 10 finalists.

Stakic said in a statement released Tuesday that he combined two universal symbols — a hand and a bird — for his design symbolizing a "free, just and peaceful world."

The campaign, organized by the German Foreign Ministry, started in May to find a logo to serve as a universal and recognizable symbol for human rights.

It received more than 15,000 submissions from 190 countries. The open-source logo is available on the website www.humanrightslogo.net for download and use.

 AP