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 .

 

Daniel Villatoro, 2021
Guatemala
Ruben Avila Reyna, 2020
Mexico
Francis Bichnord Komla Asong, 2020
Ghana
Renae Green, 2020
Jamaica
Ekanem Itoro Effong, 2020
Nigeria
Tamar Ivaniadze, 2020
Georgia
Joy Pathaw, 2020
India
Maria Abrahamyan, 2019
Armenia
Wisdom Kwame Bebli, 2019
Ghana
Ektaa Deochand, 2019
South Africa
Charbonnel Nodjigoto, 2019
Chad
Cecilia Ramírez Pérez, 2019
Mexico
Mariano Ruiz, 2019
Argentina
Platon Shamaev, 2019
Russian Federation
Joanita Warry Ssenfuka, 2019
Uganda