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 .

 

Imani Kanario Kimiri, 2023
Kenya
Esther Kimani, 2023
Kenya
Marine Kapanadze , 2022
Georgia
Marija Krstevska, 2021
North Macedonia
Robert Kirenga, 2018
Uganda
Raoul Kitungano
Raoul Kitungano, 2016
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Elina K. Horo
Elina K. Horo, 2015
India
Edna Chepkorir Kaptoyo
Edna Chepkorir Kaptoyo, 2014
Kenya
Musola Cathrine Kaseketi, 2013
Zambia
Mayamba Geoffrey Kuletela
Geoffrey Mayamba Kuletela, 2013
Zambia
Hasina Khan
Hasina Khan, 2011
India
Karyn Kaplan, 2009
Thailand
Lilian Keene-Mugerwa
Lilian Keene-Mugerwa, 2004
Uganda
Huma Khan, 2002
India
Pornsuk Koetsawang, 1999
Thailand

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