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Monday, November 6, 2023

2017 Advocate Lenny Emson, the president of EuroPride and the Executive Director of Transgender Europe, reported: “It’s a great honour to lead the opening ceremony of the 16th National LGBTQI conference of Ukraine. The event provides space for all CSO organizations and communities, and gives an opportunity to the international supporters to get a wide overview on human rights for LGBTQI in Ukraine and talk about inclusive humanitarian response.”

Carlos Asúnsolo Morales
Friday, October 27, 2023

Carlos Asúnsolo Morales was a participant in the 2017 Human Rights Advocates Program. He currently works as Research Director for Mexican Center for Environmental Law.

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Dr. Peter Gayflor Mulbah
Monday, October 16, 2023

Dr. Peter Gayflor Mulbah was a participant in the 2008 Human Rights Advocates Program. He currently works as a Country Representative for Conservation International

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

On a panel held at Columbia Law School and co-sponsored by ISHR among others, 2023-24 Advocate Ana Maria Belique of Reconoci.do, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor and an advocate from Côte d'Ivoire discussed efforts to forge a protective legal framework for human rights activism in light of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

Monday, October 9, 2023

2011 Advocate Elvis Mbembe Binda has been appointed Dean of the School of Law of the University of Rwanda. Elvis is a trained lawyer. At the School of Law of the University of Rwanda, he teaches Economic and Financial Law with an emphasis on the East African Community regional economic integration. He earned a PhD at the University of Utrecht. He is the president and a co-founder of the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights, which focuses on the rights of detainees, Indigenous People, women and children, the LGBT community, the disabled and people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.