Our Advocates

Between 1989 and 2023, more than 350 advocates from nearly 100 countries have attended the program. HRAP participants have ranged from early-career advocates who cut their teeth in very urgent human rights situations to mid-career advocates who have founded organizations. HRAP alumni have served as UN special rapporteurs, in the ministries of their governments, and at leading human rights organizations around the globe. They have been recognized with honors including the Rafto Prize, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, the highest acknowledgment from the international human rights community.

Below are the biographies of current Advocates and descriptions by select alumni as to why they became human rights advocates.

To see a list of additional past Advocates click here.

To read about more about the work of our Advocates click here .

 

Amisha Adhikari, 2023
Nepal
Samira Asghari, 2023
Afghanistan
Elias Jika, 2023
Malawi
Imani Kanario Kimiri, 2023
Kenya
Esther Kimani, 2023
Kenya
David Mejía Cruz, 2023
Mexico
Amir Mukambetov, 2023
Kyrgyzstan
Jamuna Tamang, 2023
Nepal
Andrea Tock, 2023
Guatemala
Anonymous Advocate, 2022
Anonymous Advocate, they/them, 2022
Ethiopia
Sharma Aurelien , 2022
Haiti
Ana María Belique , 2022
Dominican Republic
Dayana Blanco Quiroga, 2022
Bolivia
Isabel Flota, 2022
Mexico

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