Center for Civil Liberties (human rights organization)
Ukrainian civil society organization and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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The Center for Civil Liberties (Ukrainian: Центр Громадянських Свобод, romanized: Tsentr Hromadyansʹkykh Svobod) is a Ukrainian human rights organization led by the Ukrainian lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk.[1] It was founded in 2007.[2] It was created to pressure Ukraine's government to make the country more democratic.[3] The organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, with Ales Bialiatski and Russian organization Memorial.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Oleksandra Matviychuk – Ukraine | Coalition for the International Criminal Court". www.coalitionfortheicc.org. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties becomes one of Nobel Peace Prize laureates". Ukrinform. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ↑ Specia, Megan; Mykolyshyn, Oleksandra (7 October 2022). "Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties was documenting rights violations long before Russia's full-scale invasion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
