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Oleksandra Matviichuk
is the head of the Center for Civil Liberties, a human rights lawyer specialising in issues in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, the Far East, Central Asia and North America
She initiates projects aimed at promoting democracy and protecting human rights. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, she co-founded the initiative “Tribunal for Putin”, which documents the war crimes of the Russian invaders. She received the Democracy Defender Award and participated in the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program at Stanford University.In 2022, she received the prestigious Right Livelihood Award and was named one of the 25 most influential women by the Financial Times. Under her leadership, the Center for Civil Liberties won the Nobel Peace Prize 2022 (together with Russian and Belarusian human rights organisations).