Several of these have asked for special support to establish free, independent media channels. Some of the media channels still serve as one of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates' main tools in their fight for freedom of expression and free democratic elections in their home countries.
This work is anchored in three main pillars:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article no. 19, on the right to freedom of expression across local, national and regional borders.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article no. 21, on the right to participate in free and open elections in their home country.
The International Federation of Journalists' ethical framework, which states that what is communicated must be true and based on facts.
18 of the Peace Prize winners who have collaborated on this ongoing human rights work have left their own genuine footprints as bronze plaques located in the middle of Vågen in the city's most central outdoor space. This is a symbolic expression of the fact that they are still on a painful journey for the same important issues, in collaboration with the other Peace Prize Laureates who have left their footprints, and that they all, in their own way, carry out their tireless human rights work for their respective peoples and homelands.
