King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix attended the presentation of the Four Freedoms Awards this morning. Prime Minister Mark Rutte presented the International Four Freedoms Award to Save Ukraine, a charity committed to returning kidnapped Ukrainian children from Russia and occupied territories to Ukraine.
The Four Freedoms Awards are given every year to individuals and organizations that are committed to guaranteeing freedom and defending human rights, in accordance with the ideals proclaimed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his historic Four Freedoms speech in 1941.
The Four Freedoms Awards 2024 went to the following people and organizations:
- The award for Freedom of Expression goes to research collective Bellingcat. The award is presented to founder and director Eliot Higgins.
- The award for Freedom of Religion goes to Zumretay Arkin, who fights for the rights of Uighurs.
- The Freedom from Defect award goes to Brazil’s Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sônia Guajajara.
- The Freedom from Fear award goes to Grace Forrest, the founder of Walk Free. This human rights organization is committed to the abolition of modern slavery
Fashion
For the presentation, Máxima selected a well-known deux-pieces from fashion house Natan.
You may recognize the outfit from the state visit to Belgium, which took place in June 2023.
Today’s hat, a straw beret, is new.
