Sri Lankan judge, Judge Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, wins 2006 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

Sri Lankan judge, Judge Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, wins 2006 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.
As the Chairman of Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research (WICPER), which he founded in 2001, he has contributed “to the promotion of peace education, human rights, intercultural education, social integration, interfaith understanding, environmental protection, international law, disarmament and sustainable development,” UNESCO said in a statement.