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 .

 

Ying Xin, 2019
China
Anonymous, 2018
Lina Castellanos, 2018
Colombia
Mambu S. Feika, 2018
Sierra Leone
Robert Kirenga, 2018
Uganda
Oriana López Uribe, 2018
Mexico
Julie Lungwe, 2018
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Solomon Collins Nkulinga, 2018
Uganda
Pepe Julian Onziema, 2018
Uganda
Marijana Savic, 2018
Serbia
Johanna Asaravicius
Johanna Asaravicius, 2017
Uruguay
Carlos Asúnsolo
Carlos Asúnsolo Morales, 2017
Mexico
Olena Semenova
Lenny Emson, 2017
Ukraine
Inna Hudaya
Inna Hudaya, 2017
Indonesia
Michael Miiro
Michael Miiro, 2017
Uganda