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 .

 

Elvira Constantina Pablo Antonio, 2021
Mexico
Joy Pathaw, 2020
India
Kemal Pervanić
Kemal Pervanić, 2012
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, 2007
India
Ly Pisey
Ly Pisey, 2007
Cambodia
Jia Ping
Jia Ping, 2005
China
Anna Penido
Anna Penido, 1998
Brazil
Aurora Parong
Aurora Corazon A. Parong, 1996
Philippines
Elena Popovic
Elena Popovic, 1995
Serbia
Luis Felipe Polo
Luis Felipe Polo, 1993
Peru