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Meet the Founder

Caroline Cox is a former Deputy Speaker of the UK House of Lords. She stepped down as HART's CEO in 2021, taking on the honorary position of President Emeritus. She announced her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in 2025.

Caroline is known for having visited places where many others are unwilling or unable to go. She has spoken many times in Parliament about her fact-finding missions to forgotten conflict zones and the inspirational projects of HART’s local partners.

Through her humanitarian work, Caroline stood in solidarity with people who are persecuted, marginalised, oppressed and ignored by the world’s media. She shone a light on their suffering and advocated for their freedom.

Baroness Cox has received numerous awards in recognition of her humanitarian work and other causes, including:

  • Mkhitar Gosh Medal conferred by the President of the Republic of Armenia
  • Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Honorary Doctorates by universities in the UK, USA, Russia and Armenia
  • The prestigious Wilberforce Award

What people say about Caroline's biography, 'Eyewitness to a Broken World'

Baroness Cox has been a courageous voice of the voiceless in what she describes as a ‘broken world’… This is both fascinating and revealing reading.

Lord Singh of Wimbledon

In a world darkened by conflict and human rights abuses, Baroness Caroline Cox stands as a beacon of light.

Raheel Raza, President, Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow

Caroline Cox is remarkable… This book faithfully records her profound service of some of the world’s most marginalised people.

Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Truro

…the perfect rebuttal of the defeatist view that because the world is a complex and inordinately brutal place no individual can do anything much to change it.

Lord Alton of Liverpool

Others in the West offer to send aid to those who are persecuted – that aid may or may not arrive – but Baroness Cox comes herself.

Ben Kwashi, HART partner and Anglican Bishop of Jos in Nigeria

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