Lee Cheuk-yan is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, where he represented the New Territories West constituency. In December 2011, Lee co-founded the Labour Party, becoming the third largest pan-democratic party in the legislature. He served as chairman until December 2015, when he assumed the vice-chairmanship. Lee is a trade union…

Cholpon Idinovna Djakupova is a former Member of Parliament in Kyrgyzstan and is one of the leading advocates for refugee and detainee’s rights in the country. She serves as the director of the Public Foundation “Legal Clinic “Adilet,” which has supported vulnerable communities by providing legal, educational, and policy assistance since 2002. Adilet is the…

Nicholas Opiyo is a leading human rights lawyer and founder of Chapter Four Uganda, an organization that provides research, advocacy, and outreach services to influence laws, policies, and practices in the interest of civil liberties and human rights. Since 2005, Opiyo has worked tirelessly to promote civil liberties in Uganda, often on pro bono. Opiyo…

Anita Vandenbeld is a Canadian Member of Parliament, where she has represented Ottawa West-Nepean since 2015. From 2015 to 2018 Vandenbeld served as chair of the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights as well as the the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus, and has sat on the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee and the…