About
Oleksandra Matviichuk is a Ukrainian human-rights lawyer and one of the world’s most recognised voices for justice and accountability. She heads the Center for Civil Liberties in Kyiv — the organisation awarded a share of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.
Working in human rights since 2007, she has documented political persecution and war crimes across the region, coordinated the Euromaidan SOS legal-aid initiative, and now campaigns globally for a special tribunal on the crime of aggression. She also serves as Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
Career highlights
2022
Nobel Peace Prize
The Center for Civil Liberties she leads received a share of the Nobel Peace Prize; she delivered its lecture in Oslo.
2013–14
Euromaidan SOS
Coordinated a mass legal-aid initiative during Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity.
2022
Vice-President, FIDH
Elected Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights.
2022
Right Livelihood Award
Honoured with the “Alternative Nobel” for her human-rights work.
Areas of expertise
International human-rights lawWar-crimes documentationTransitional justiceCivil-society resiliencePolitical prisonersInternational justice