DTP Alumni Profile
DTP Alumnus Basim Shamaon is a respected leader and advocate for his community. Living in Sydney he is Chair of the Refugee Support Network (RSN) for New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

DTP and STARTTS are calling for applications from refugee and migrant community leaders to participate in a half-day training program on child rights. This program is designed to strengthen understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and explore practical applications of child rights frameworks across law, policy, health, education, and refugee services.

In this issue, we profile DTP alumna Asma Abbasi, provide information about DTP's programs and upcoming webinars, share reports on recent programs and news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

DTP Alumni Profile
DTP alumna Dr Asma Abbasi is working with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to promote and protect the rights of women, and to develop women’s skills and leadership in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector.

In this issue we profile DTP alumnus Francelino Dos Santos Serra, provide information about DTP's programs and upcoming webinars, share reports on recent programs and news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

DTP Alumni Profile
Francelino Dos Santos Serra is a Timorese human rights defender and rights educator. At present he is working as an assistant lecturer and a human rights project officer at the National University of Timor Leste (UNTL).

In this issue, we profile Indonesian DTP alumnus Mimin Dwi Hartono, who has over 20 years' experience working with KomnasHAM, provide information about DTP's programs and upcoming webinars, share reports on recent programs and news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

DTP Alumni Profile
DTP alumna Tharushi Fernando is a human rights advocate and an attorney at law at the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka where she focuses her work on public law, minority rights, labour rights, and accountability for human rights violations, including cases related to police custodial killings, torture, and labour rights violations.

In this issue we profile DTP alumna Tharushi Fernando from Sri Lanka, provide information about DTP's programs and upcoming webinars, share reports on recent programs and news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

In this issue, we highlight DTP’s just completed 2026 Human Rights, Climate Change and Business program in Suva, Fiji, in partnership with FCOSS, PIANGO and OHCHR. We also provide information about DTP's programs and upcoming webinars, share reports on recent programs and news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

DTP Alumni Profile
DTP alumna Tharushi Fernando is a human rights advocate and an attorney at law at the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka where she focuses her work on public law, minority rights, labour rights, and accountability for human rights violations, including cases related to police custodial killings, torture, and labour rights violations.

DTP Alumni Profile
DTP alumnus Victor Mambor is a journalist and film-maker in Jayapura, West Papua, Indonesia.  He is the co-founder and an editor at Jubi (Tabloid Jubi), a leading independent media outlet based in Jayapura, West Papua, Indonesia. Victor is also the producer of the documentary Pig Feat, which chronicles the struggle of indigenous people in West Papua defending their ancestral lands from sugar plantations.

In this issue we begin a new series on the human rights and environmental impacts of corporate and government practices on the seas and oceans in the Asia Pacific region. We also profile DTP alumnus Prakash Khadka, a dedicated human rights advocate and founder of Peace Himalaya, provide information about DTP's programs and upcoming webinars, share reports on recent programs and news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

DTP Alumni Profile
DTP alumni Prakash Khadka is a dedicated human rights advocate and development practitioner in Nepal who for over 15 years has been working over issues such as child rights, migration and social justice. He is the Founder of Peace Himalaya, a not for profit organization in Nepal which is committed to foster peace, justice, and human dignity in society.

In this edition, we profile DTP alumna Noha Roukoss who has over 25 years' experience working for the rights of vulnerable migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, we provide information about DTP's programs and webinars, and share news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

DTP Alumni Profile
Noha Roukoss is the advocacy manager at Caritas Lebanon, where she leads Caritas’s national advocacy strategy on migration, protection, and humanitarian policy. Noha oversees integrated advocacy campaigns, produces evidence-based policy briefs, and ensures that frontline realities are translated into useful policy demands.

DTP Alumni Profile
Mory Sar is a Cambodian human rights and development practitioner currently working as a Program Coordinator at DanChurchAid (DCA). At DCA, Mory manages grants with partner organisations working on land rights, press freedom, digital rights, and local governance issues while monitoring Cambodia’s regulatory environment for civil society organisations.

In this first issue for 2026, we profile Cambodian DTP alumnus Mory Sar, now Program Coordinator with DanChurchAid, provide information about new training programs where calls for applications are now open and share news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement.

DTP is calling for applications for up to three new Directors to join DTP's Board.

We pay tribute to Pat Walsh, one of Australia’s great human rights defenders and promoters, who passed away on December 29th, 2025.

Video produced with Global Campus of Human Rights of the 33rd Annual Human Rights and Peoples' Diplomacy Training Program in Timor-Leste.

25 Pacific human rights and climate change advocates gathered together from 23-27 June in Suva for the Diplomacy Training Program’s new program focusing on Human Rights, Climate Change and Business in the Pacific.

23 participants from 7 countries joined the The Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Business training program, in partnership with AIPP.

DTP's 2024 Annual Report showcases its activity throughout the year as we return to face-to-face programs.