Published May 2024

By Eric Hoddy, John Gray, Nelson José Rivas Araque, Elena Levina, Bondita Mrina, Johncation Muhindo, Victoria Nolasco, Christopher Opio, Kudzaiishe Seti, Azza Soliman, Prosper Tirindindi, Natalia Zviagina

This working paper summarises the process and results of a one--year, OSF-funded research project on human rights leadership at the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, which was undertaken between January and December 2023. This action research project worked with 20 human rights defenders to explore questions of leadership in a human rights setting and to apply emerging insights and lessons in their leadership practice. The study group was made up of defenders from different geographic regions, organisational settings, and working on a range of human rights issues, from civil and political rights to land and environmental rights.