Oleksandra Matviichuk

Born on 8 October 1983, Ms Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender working on human rights issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region. She currently heads the human rights organisation, the Centre for Civil Liberties, and also coordinates the work of the Euromaidan SOS initiative group. After the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Oleksandra Matviichuk set up the «Putin Tribunal» initiative to document international crimes in Ukraine under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. In 2016, she received the OSCE Democracy Defender Award. In 2017, she became the first woman to participate in Stanford University’s Ukrainian Emerging Leaders programme. In 2022, Oleksandra Matviichuk received the Right Livelihood Award and was recognised as one of the 25 most influential women in the world by the Financial Times. That same year, the Centre for Civil Liberties, which she heads, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.