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 .

 

Jamuna Tamang, 2023
Nepal
Andrea Tock, 2023
Guatemala
Ritu Thapa, 2021
Nepal
Lucy Talgieh, 2012
Palestinian Authority
Bakary Tandia
Bakary Tandia, 2010
Mauritania
Agnes Sia Tamba, 2006
Sierra Leone
Hubert Masoka Tshiswaka, 2005
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Silvana Turner
Silvana Turner, 1998
Argentina
Yıldız Temürtürkan, 1996
Turkey