Oleksandra Matviichuk

Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Kyiv. She 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 has authored numerous 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 OSCE. In 2022 Oleksandra Matviichuk was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, the Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, and recognized as one of the top 25 influential women in the world by The Financial Times. In 2022 she received the Nobel Peace Prize for the work of the CCL. In 2026, she was named an Honourable Member of European Order of Merit by the European Parliament, an honour recognizing her significant contribution to European integration and the protection of European values.