RARE people

Meet our cohort of Human Rights Defenders

Get to know the RARE steering group and RARE alumni

Zsófia Banuta

Unhack Democracy | Belgium

Andrés Garcia Berrio

Centre per la Defensa dels Drets Humans (Irídia) | Spain

Ditte Marie Bjerregard

Center for Magtanalyse (CMA) | Denmark

Inês Carreirinho de Miranda

Portuguese Refugee Council (CPR) | Portugal

Aïcha Chaghouani

Netherlands Helsinki Committee | The Netherlands

Rafael Cid

Gentium | Spain

Simona Constantinescu

Civil Society Development Foundation | Romania

Áron Demeter

Amnesty International | Hungary

Dalma Dojcsák

Hungarian Civil Liberties Union | Hungary

Johanna du Maire

Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) | Germany

Sebene Eshete

Migration policy specialist | Greece

Urszula Grycuk

FEDERA Foundation for Women and Family Planning | Poland

Frédérique Hanotier

Human Rights Cities Network | Belgium

Zahari Iankov

Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law (BCNL) | Bulgaria

Alice Kooij

Oxfam Novib | The Netherlands

Zsófia Moldova

Hungarian Helsinki Committee | Hungary

Maciej Nowicki

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights | Poland

Zuzana Pavelková

Organization for Aid to Refugees | Czech Republic

Filip Pazderski

Institute of Public Affairs | Poland

Armin Rabitsch

Election-Watch.EU | Austria

Andreea Rusu

Centrul FILIA | Romania

Natallia Satsunkevich

Viasna Human Rights Centre | Belarus

Domen Savič

Državljan D | Slovenia

Margarita Spasova

Ekaterina Karavelova Foundation | Bulgaria

Callum Voge

Internet Society | Czech Republic

RARE Alumni

Szymon Ananicz

Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw | Poland

Corey Barber

Communications Consultant | Germany

Katarzyna Batko-Tołuć

Citizens Network Watchdog Poland | Poland

Katarina Bervar Sternad

Legal-Informational Centre for NGOs (PIC) | Slovenia

Joeri Buhrer Tavanier

Netherlands Helsinki Committee | The Netherlands

Anna Fedas

Stefan Batory Foundation | Poland

Georgiana Gheorghe

APADOR-CH | Romania

Cezara Grama

Expert Forum | Romania

Bilyana Gyaurova-Wegertseder

Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives | Bulgaria

Barbora Hořavová

Open Society Fund Prague | Czech Republic

Krzysztof Izdebski

ePaństwo Foundation | Poland

Jakub Jaraczewski

Democracy Reporting International | Germany

Wiebke Judith

ProAsyl | Germany

András Kádár

Hungarian Helsinki Committee | Hungary

Milena Kadieva

Gender Alternatives Foundation | Bulgaria

András Léderer

Hungarian Helsinki Committee | Hungary

Thomas Lohninger

epicenter.works | Austria

Barbora Messova

Human Rights League | Slovakia

Minos Mouzourakis

Refugee Support Aegean | Greece

Ivan Novosel

Human Rights House Zagreb | Croatia

Orsolya Reich

Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) | Germany

Alessio Scandurra

Antigone, European Prison Observatory | Italy

Dominika Spyratou

International Rescue Committee | Greece

Nikolay Staykov

Anti-Corruption Fund | Bulgaria

Laura Stefan

Expert Forum | Romania

Zuzana Števulová

Slovak Human Rights League | Slovakia

Małgorzata Szuleka

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) | Poland

Dávid Vig

Amnesty International Hungary | Hungary

Anna Zamejc

People in Need | Czech Republic

Viktória Alžbeta Sutórisová

VIA IURIS | Slovakia

Estelle Massé

Access Now | France

RARE steering group

Márta Pardavi

Co-chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee | Course lead

Pepijn Gerrits

Director of Programmes and Member of the board | Oxfam Novib

Bernhard Knoll-Tudor, PhD

Deputy Dean, Director Executive Education | Adjunct

Kirsten Meijer

Executive Director | Netherlands Helsinki Committee

Małgorzata Szuleka

Secretary of the Management Board, Head of Advocacy | Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights