Human rights advocates are regularly exposed to stress, trauma, burnout, and increasingly complex challenges in their work. The Human Rights Institute (HRI) works to research the mental health impacts of human rights and to support the wellbeing of activists. Working with partners in the Human Rights Resilience Project (HRRP), HRI seeks to strengthen the resilience of advocates and movements by exploring mental health and well-being practices, supporting organizations, and developing practical resources, tools, training materials, and scholarship. These resources cover topics such as organizational resilience, collective care, trauma-informed practice, and peer support. Currently, HRI co-leads an initiative to examine peer-to-peer support models in human rights. 

Visit the Human Rights Resilience Project for resources, publications, tools, and updates:  www.hrresilience.org

Recent Featured Resource

The Activist Cookbook

The Activist Cookbook brings together stories, reflections, care practices, and recipes from human rights defenders and activists across the world. Created through the Human Rights Resilience Project and its partners, it celebrates collective wisdom on care, well-being, and resilience, offering inspiration that individuals, organizations, and movements can adapt to their own contexts.

Explore the Activist Cookbook at  https://www.hrresilience.org/project/the-activist-well-being-cookbook/.