Minds of the Movement

An ICNC blog on the people and power of civil resistance

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender in Ukraine and the OSCE region. She leads the Center for Civil Liberties and coordinates the Euromaidan SOS initiative. The Center focuses on protecting human rights, establishing democracy, and improving law enforcement and the judiciary in Ukraine. After the Russian aggression began in February 2022, she helped create the ‘Tribunal for Putin’ to document international crimes in Ukraine. Matviichuk has received several awards, including the Democracy Defender Award in 2016 and the Right Livelihood Award in 2022. The Center for Civil Liberties also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022.

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