Our past Human Rights Defenders
The Centre has hosted 91 human rights defenders from 48 countries since 2008.
Abigail, Nicaragua
Autumn 2022
Media Rights and Protection
McDonald, Zimbabwe
Spring 2023
Human-Rights Law
Abdul, India
Autumn 2021
Minority rights
Ali, Niger
Autumn 2019 - Spring 2020
Extractive industies
Urooj, Pakistan
Autumn 2019 - Spring 2020
Journalism & children's rights
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Autumn 2019 - Spring 2020
Human rights monitoring
Anara, Kazakhstan
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Human rights lawyering
Emel, Turkey
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Civil & political rights
Johncation, Uganda
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Youth & land rights
Prosper, Zimbabwe
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Socio-economic rights
Arwa, Sudan
Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018
Human rights education
Gerald, Kenya
Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018
LBQ rights
M, Egypt
Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018
Human rights lawyering
Roman, Ukraine
Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018
Human rights monitoring
Charbonnel, Chad
Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017
Torture prevention
Getachew, Ethiopia
Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017
Journalism, women's & children's rights
Mahad, Somalia
Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017
Journalism
Aida, Kyrgyzstan
Autumn 2015 - Spring 2016
Minority rights, protection of HRDs
Bondita, India
Autumn 2015
Women's rights
Natalia, Russia
Autumn 2015 - Spring 2016
Human rights monitoring
Azza, Egypt
Autumn 2015 - Spring 2016
Women's rights
I, Mexico
Spring 2015
Women's rights
Ruth, Kenya
Autumn 2014 - Spring 2015
Women's empowerment in informal settlements
Hikma, Sudan
Hakim, Afghanistan
Autumn 2014 - Spring 2015
Human rights education through theatre
Jestina, Zimbabwe
Autumn 2013 - Spring 2014
Human rights monitoring
Stephen, Nigeria
Autumn 2013 - Spring 2014
Youth rights & development
Manori, Sri Lanka
Autumn 2013 - Spring 2014
Journalism, civil & political rights
Abdiaziz, Somalia
Autumn 2013 - Spring 2014
Journalism
M, Palestine
Autumn 2012 - Spring 2013
Human rights advocacy
Carlos, El Salvador
Autumn 2013
Journalism
Sahr, Liberia
Autumn 2013
Disability rights
Nagi, Sudan
Spring 2013
Youth activism
Dina, Honduras
Spring 2013
Journalism, supporting victims of state violence
Nolwandle, Zimbabwe
Spring 2013
Grassroots activism for social rights
Kaltun, Somaliland
Autumn 2012
Women's rights, focusing on VAW and SGBV
William, Bangladesh
Autumn 2012
Journalism, human rights advocacy
Jaevion, Jamaica
Spring 2012
Youth development, human rights and HIV/AIDS
Khalid, Pakistan
Spring 2012
Women's empowerment in remote rural areas of Pakistan, gender and rights based development programmes
Min Min, Burma/Myanmar
Autumn 2011
Burmese political prisoner's rights
Diana, Kyrgyzstan
Spring 2011
Legislative reform, human rights protection, empowerment of civil society
Ahmed, Iraq
Autumn 2010
Women's governance & leadership, rights of academics, anti-corruption
M, China
Autumn 2010
HIV/AIDS and health education for vulnerable groups
Mary, Kenya
Spring 2010
Work on child labour and child sexual abuse, voter education
Njoroge, Kenya
Autumn 2009
Engaging in the human rights and constitutional reform movement, reporting on extra-judicial killings
Jit Man, Nepal
Spring 2009
Denouncing torture and bringing lawyers to rural areas to provide education in Nepalese law and human rights
Mahendra, Indonesia
Autumn 2008
The economic and social rights of workers; developing a human rights curriculum for high school students
Amir, Iraq
Autumn 2008
Raising awareness of international and Iraqi electoral law, establishing a human rights department in the University of Baghdad
Thandekile, Zimbabwe
Spring 2023
Post-Conflict Justice
Victoria, Philippines
October 2022 - March 2023
Climate Justice rights
Mónica, Nicaragua
Autumn 2021 - Spring 2022
Environmental rights
Dilrabo, Tajikistan
Autumn 2019 - Spring 2020
Human rights lawyering
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Betty, Nigeria
Autumn 2019 - Spring 2020
Children's rights
Laize, Brazil
Autumn 2019 - Spring 2020
Human rights lawyering
Rukshana, Nepal
Autumn 2019
LGBTQI+ rights
Andrei, Belarus
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Anti-death penalty campaigning
Hui Hui, Singapore
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Socio-economic rights
M, Egypt
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Minority rights
Wanjeri, Kenya
Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019
Human rights campaigning
Anima, Nepal
Spring 2018
Women's and girls' rights
Brian, Kenya
Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018
LGBTQ rights
M, Azerbaijan
Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018
Countering shrinking civic space
N, Egypt
Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018
Refugee rights
Doaa, Egypt
Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017
Trial monitoring
Johana, Colombia
Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017
Environmental rights
Marc, Burundi
Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017
Journalism, human rights advocacy
T, Tajikistan
Spring 2017
Journalism
Monica, Papua New Guinea
Autumn 2015 - Spring 2016
Women's rights, sorcery related violations
Gacheke, Kenya
Autumn 2015 - Spring 2016
Social justice, human rights monitoring
Tewodros, Ethiopia
Spring 2015
Human rights documentation & legal aid
Ahmed, Yemen
Katsiaryna, Belarus
Autumn 2014 - Spring 2015
LGBTQ rights
Renato, Brazil
Autumn 2014 - Spring 2015
Legal empowerment & social justice
X, China
Autumn 2014 - Spring 2015
Human rights education
Valdênia, Brazil
Autumn 2014 - Spring 2015
Legal empowerment & social justice
Yass, Iran
Autumn 2013 - Spring 2014
Women's rights
Christeen, Egypt
Autumn 2013
Rural women's rights
Gullalai, Pakistan
Autumn 2013
Women's rights
Fadi, Syria
Autumn 2012 - Spring 2013
Humanitarian aid
El, Iran
Autumn 2012 - Spring 2013
LGBTQ, women's & children's rights
Varnetta, Liberia
Spring 2013
Women's political participation
Ruki, Sri Lanka
Autumn 2012 - Spring 2013
Human rights training & advocacy
Karak, South Sudan
Autumn 2012
Women's empowerment, child rights
Juan Carlos, Colombia/Mexico
Spring 2012
Documenting grave human rights violations and providing support to victims in Latin America
Guleid, Somaliland
Spring 2012
Care, support and educational services for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS
Helmy, Egypt
Spring 2012
Promoting financial transparency and accountability through budget monitoring
Dmitry, Russia
Autumn 2011
Documenting human rights violations in Chechenya, representing victims of torture, human rights trainings
Pascal, Rwanda
Autumn 2011
Human rights reporting and electoral monitoring in Rwanda
Sittipong, Thailand
Spring 2011
Legal assistance to individuals at risk, legal training, fact-finding into torture, arbitrary detentions & extra-judicial killings
Majid, Sudan
Autumn 2010
Work with internally displaced persons, refugees, asylum seekers and former child soldiers
David, Uganda
Spring 2010
LGBTI rights
Diana, Colombia
Spring 2010
Judicial representation of human rights victims in socio-environmental conflicts
D, DR Congo
Autumn 2009
Working on anti-corruption and against impunity
Rhoda, Sierra Leone
Spring 2009
Working to empower people through education and micro-enterprise development
Ziad, Palestine
Autumn 2008
Monitoring and documenting the Israeli human rights violations
Sharon, Zimbabwe
Spring 2008
Addressing child and women's issues through sexual health and human rights education.
Saifora, Afghanistan
Spring 2008
Women's rights, gender-based police violence, monitoring Security Council resolutions, human rights education.