Oleksandra Matviichuk

Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region. She heads the human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties and also coordinates the work of the initiative group Euromaidan SOS. In 2016, Oleksandra received the Democracy Defender Award for “Exclusive Contribution to Promoting Democracy and Human Rights” from missions to the OSCE. In 2017, she received a Ukraine’s Woman of Courage Award from the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. In 2022, the Center for Civil Liberties was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its outstanding efforts to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. Oleksandra joined the HURIDOCS Board in 2018.