ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow Honored with Prestigious Human Rights Award

Earlier this year, my dad, ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, was awarded a prestigious human rights award for his lifetime of service and commitment to defending religious liberty here in America and around the world.

The award, the Athenagoras Human Rights Award, was presented on behalf of the National Council of the Order of St. Andrew/Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America.

The Archon Magazine described the award:

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, together with the Order of Saint Andrew’s National Commander Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis presented the Athenagoras Human Rights Award … to Jay Alan Sekulow, PhD, JD.  Dr. Sekulow is the Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice and the European Centre for Law and Justice.  The Award was presented during the annual Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet held at the New York Hilton Hotel on October 19, 2014, with some 500 Archons and guests in attendance.

In presenting the Award, National Commander Limberakis, paid tribute to Dr. Sekulow, one of the world’s leading layers and human rights defenders, saying, “This evening we honor an individual who has dedicated his life to fighting for fundamental human rights and religious freedom in the international juridical arena, from the Supreme Court of the United States to the European Court of Human Rights. His clarion voice has been on calling on governments who victimize their religious minorities by constricting their inalienable right to cease and desist such pernicious policies by court order.”

For nearly a quarter of a century, Dr. Sekulow has been on the front lines – working to protect religious and constitutional freedoms in the courts, in Congress, and in the public arena.

You can read more of the Archon’s article about the award here.

Past recipients of the distinguished award include Mother Teresa, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, and President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush.