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 .

 

Ifeanyi Orazulike
Ifeanyi Orazulike, 2011
Nigeria
Athili Anthony Sapriina
Athili Anthony Sapriina, 2011
India
Ahmed Naglaa
Naglaa Ahmed, 2010
Sudan
James Rwampigi Aniyamuzaala
James Rwampigi Aniyamuzaala, 2010
Uganda
Agnes Atim Apea, 2010
Uganda
Susan Aryeetey
Susan Aryeetey, 2010
Ghana
Colette Lespinasse
Colette Lespinasse , 2010
Haiti
Glenda Muzenda
Glenda Muzenda, 2010
South Africa
Andrea Nuila, 2010
Honduras
Azra Smailkadi-Brkic
Azra Smailkadi-Brkic, 2010
United States
Bakary Tandia
Bakary Tandia, 2010
Mauritania
Evalyne Achan
Evalyne Achan, 2009
Uganda
Mary Akrami, 2009
Afghanistan
Elsadig Elsheikh
Elsadig Elsheikh, 2009
Sudan
Nazibrola Janezashvili
Nazibrola Janezashvili, 2009
Georgia