Impact
DTP’s impact is in the work of more than 3,250 individuals DTP has trained since 1990 – DTP’s alumni. DTP alumni are working every day in over 90 countries for the promotion and protection of human rights, to defend their communities and their natural environment. DTP’s alumni include grassroots activists, award-winning advocates, human rights commissioners, ambassadors, and community leaders.
Awards
- 2019: Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award – Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
- 2015: Sir Ron Wilson Human Rights Award – Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)

DTP’s Award-Winning Alumni
DTP Stories of Change
Respect for human rights is a shared dream that is made real by efforts of individuals working together in their own communities and across borders.
José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, DTP’s Founder & Patron
Nayela Akter
Nayela participated in the DTP/MFA migrant worker program in Bangladesh in 2015/16. She now works with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) managing their EU funded Inter-Governmental Mechanism (IGM) project.
I remember the DTP training vividly. The training was a continuous initiative with some effective results. DTP training brought all the migrant rights NGOs in Bangladesh together to formulate a coherent national advocacy agenda for migrant workers' rights.
Sr Nicola Emmanuel
At the DTP training program we had a role-play on the Human Rights Council in Geneva. It never occurred to me that I will get a real-life experience at United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to present my case and the issues in Sri Lanka. DTP’s training helped me to take the voices of the victims to Geneva, so that the world could hear them and act.
Mark Munnich
DTP program empowered me to share the knowledge I learnt on the program with others and also helped me to secure an Indigenous Fellowship at the United Nations in Geneva.
Theory of Change
