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 .

 

Cecilia Ramírez Pérez, 2019
Mexico
Mariano Ruiz, 2019
Argentina
Doris Gatmaitan Ramirez
Doris Gatmaitan Ramirez, 2014
Philippines
Sulakshana Rana
Sulakshana Rana, 2012
Nepal
Florencia Ruiz Mendoza
Florencia Ruiz Mendoza, 2009
Mexico
Priscila C. Rodriguez Bribiesca
Priscila C. Rodriguez Rodriguez Bribiesca, 2007
Mexico
Miriam Ruiz Mendoza, 2006
Mexico
K. R. Renuka
K. R. Renuka, 2004
India
Leonardo Reales
Leonardo Reales, 2002
Colombia
Juan Bernardo Rosado Duque
Juan Bernardo Rosado Duque, 1996
Colombia