Watch George Clooney And Wife Amal Accept Elevate Prize Foundation’s Catalyst Award Together

etcanada.com:

George and Amal Clooney passionately spoke about the global impact their foundation has embarked on while appearing together to accept a prestigious award.

The Clooneys — architects behind the Clooney Foundation for Justice — accepted on Tuesday the Elevate Prize Foundation’s Catalyst Award, which recognizes prominent individuals who use their influence to inspire social action.

The award comes with a $250,000 prize. The CFJ plans to earmark the unrestricted funding for its TrialWatch program. “One of the Elevate Prize Foundation’s core values is human safety and freedom – a goal we share at the Clooney Foundation for Justice as we work to free the innocent and punish the guilty, waging justice one case at a time,” the Oscar-winning actor said. “The funding we receive from this award will support our TrialWatch program, which monitors criminal trials around the world and defends individuals who are unjustly detained, including journalists, women, LGBTQ persons and minorities,” said Amal, a barrister whose work and expertise in international law and human rights is unparalleled.

Founded in 2016, the CFJ has three main programs — TrialWatch (fighting for legal rights for those unfairly targeted by oppressive governments), The Sentry (which follows the “dirty money” of human rights abusers) and The Docket (targeting those who profit from war crimes and human rights abuse so that they see their day in court).