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 .

 

Joanita Warry Ssenfuka, 2019
Uganda
Jeffrey Wambaya, 2016
Kenya
Sylvain Waruzi
Sylvain Waruzi, 2015
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Marayah Louisa Wychen-Munah Fyneah
Marayah Louisa Wychen-Munah Fyneah, 2012
Liberia
Aime Wata, 1996
Democratic Republic Of Congo