Since 2013, ECCHR has been able to invite colleagues from international partner organizations to come to Berlin for a period of two to three months as part of an intensive exchange of experiences and know-how. The Global Exchange Program aims to facilitate mutual learning and the development of new avenues for transnational legal work.
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows are actively involved in ECCHR's day-to-day work and contribute to issues and cases that their sending organizations are also working on. Following their stay in Berlin the Bertha Global Fellows generally become our contact point for collaborative casework between the two organizations.
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2022:
Palvasha Shahab, Rasheed Razvi Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, Pakistan
Carlos Martinez, Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos, Guatemala
Faisal Siddiqi, Executive Director, Rasheed Razvi Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, Pakistan
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2021:
Iza Thaler, The Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Slowenien
Alejandra Ancheita, ProDESC, Mexiko
Outgoing Global Exchange 2020:
Michael Bader, Rasheed Razvi Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Pakistan
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2019:
Gil Anthony Aquino, CenterLaw, Philippinen
Ali Jameel, Mwatana for Human Rights, Jemen
Isha Khandelwal, Indien
Veronika Lapina, Sphere LGBT Network, Russland
Paul Thomas, Nama Genocide Technical Committee, Namibia
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2018:
Olivia Bang, Human Rights Law Network, India
Samari Chakma, Bangladesh
Melis Gebeş, Hafiza Merkezi, Turkey
Bonyan Gamal, Mwatana for Human Rights, Yemen
Isha Khandelwal, India
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2017:
Suheir Kharma, Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Palestine
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2016:
Anina Dalbert, Public Eye, Switzerland
Mani Prakash, Human Rights Law Network, India
Zahoor Ellahi, Foundation for Fundamental Rights, Pakistan
Malka Manestar, ANDHES, Argentina
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2015:
Zharmai Garcia, CenterLaw, Philippines
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2014:
Tahseen el-Ayyan, Al-Haq, Palestine
Mohamed el-Alami, Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Palestine
Melanie Aebli, Demokratische Jurist_innen, Switzerland
Rocío Moreno Sánchez, Observatorio DESC und Boye-Elbal y Asociados, Spain
Viviana Rodríguez Peña, Sisma Mujer, Colombia
Bertha Global Exchange Fellows 2013:
Sankar Pani, Natural Justice, India
Ana María Mora Arango, Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo & Corporación Popular Tejedores de Derechos, Colombia
Svetlana Correya, Human Rights Law Network, India
Qiao Congrui, Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law, China
Shakunthala Shunmugam, Pesticide Action Network Asia-Pacific, Malaysia
Please note: There is no external application procedure for the Bertha Global Exchange Program at ECCHR.
