HRAP Cohort Travels to DC

Friday, February 16, 2024

The participants in the 2023-24 HRAP visited DC from 7 to 9 February. They met as a group with the National Endowment for Democracy, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Free the Slaves, Amnesty International-USA and the US Department of State. They also met with organizations including the Washington Office on Latin America, the Center for Survivors of Torture, the Indian Law Resource Center, the Inspection Panel, Human Rights Campaign, the American Bar Association, and the Global Council on Equity. Many thanks to Bukeni Waruzi and his team at Free the Slaves for hosting us at their office for an event attended by officials from the Guatemalan and Mexican embassies as well as the Washington, DC Office of the UN.