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 .

 

Renae Green, 2020
Jamaica
Nino Gelashvili
Nino Gelashvili, 2013
Georgia
Ngungua Sangua Gisèle
Ngungua Sangua Gisèle, 2011
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Patricia Guerrero
Patricia Guerrero, 2003
Colombia
Limota Goroso Giwa
Limota Goroso Giwa, 2002
Nigeria
Michelle Gueraldi
Michelle Gueraldi, 1995
Brazil
Ridarson Galingging, 1994
Indonesia
Mercy (Koki) Muli Grignon, 1992
Kenya