Oleksandra Matviichuk
Human rights defender
Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region. She is a 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region. She is a 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner. At present she heads the human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. The activities of the Center for Civil Liberties are aimed at protecting human rights and establishing democracy in Ukraine and the OSCE region. The organization is developing legislative changes, exercises public oversight over law enforcement agencies and judiciary, conducts educational activities for young people and implements international solidarity programs.
Oleksandra Matviichuk has experience in creating horizontal structures for massive involvement of people in human rights activities against attacks on rights and freedoms, as well as a multi-year practice of documenting violations during armed conflict. She is the author of a number of alternative reports to various UN bodies, the Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE and the International Criminal Court. In 2016 she received the Democracy Defender Award for "Exclusive Contribution to Promoting Democracy and Human Rights" from missions to the OSCE.
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