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 .

 

Sulakshana Rana
Sulakshana Rana, 2012
Nepal
Lucy Talgieh, 2012
Palestinian Authority
Marayah Louisa Wychen-Munah Fyneah
Marayah Louisa Wychen-Munah Fyneah, 2012
Liberia
Ackar
Lana Ackar, 2011
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Huda Ali
Huda Ali, 2011
Sudan
Nadia Bazán Londoño
Nadia Bazán Londoño, 2011
Colombia
Elvis Mbembe Binda
Elvis Mbembe Binda, 2011
Rwanda
Lydia Carolyn Cherop
Lydia Carolyn Cherop, 2011
Uganda
Ngungua Sangua Gisèle
Ngungua Sangua Gisèle, 2011
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Colins Imoh
Colins Imoh, 2011
Nigeria
Abu Tunde Irunukhar
Abu Tunde Irunukhar, 2011
Nigeria
Hasina Khan
Hasina Khan, 2011
India
Rita Mainaly
Rita Mainaly, 2011
Nepal
John Mwebe, 2011
Uganda
Namusobya
Salima Namusobya, 2011
Uganda