The prize is formally awarded by the President of the Parliament during the December Plenary session, on or around 10 December, which is also the day on which the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948.
Mathieu GROSCH EPP-ED BE A6-0414/2006 IETEIKUMS OTRAJAM LASĪJUMAM attiecībā uz Padomes kopējo nostāju nolūkā pieņemt Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes Direktīvu par vadītāju apliecībām Koplēmuma procedūra, 2.lasījums