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 .

 

David Mejía Cruz, 2023
Mexico
Amir Mukambetov, 2023
Kyrgyzstan
Antonia Moreira , 2022
Brazil
Ro-Ann Mohammed, 2021
Barbados
Isabella Mukankusi, 2021
Uganda
Michael Miiro
Michael Miiro, 2017
Uganda
Aehshatou Manu, 2016
Cameroon
Nvard Margaryan
Nvard Margaryan, 2016
Armenia
Samuel Matsikure
Samuel Matsikure, 2016
Zimbabwe
Mulshid Muwonge
Mulshid Muwonge, 2016
Uganda
Iuliana Marcinschi
Iuliana Marcinschi, 2014
Moldova
Rabecca Mathew Fuli Moriku
Rabecca Mathew Fuli Moriku, 2014
South Sudan
Richard Mukaga
Richard Mukaga, 2013
Uganda
Sabrina Rajan Mahtani
Sabrina Rajan Mahtani, 2012
Sierra Leone
Rachel Wambui Mburu
Rachel Wambui Mburu, 2012
Kenya

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