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Oleksandra MATVIICHUK is a human rights defender who works on advancing democracy in Ukraine and the OSCE region. At present, she is the Head of the Board of the human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties and a coordinator of initiative group Euromaidan SOS. During the Revolution of Dignity, Euromaidan SOS united several thousands of volunteers and provided round-the-clock legal and other aid to persecuted people. Currently, the initiative has been monitoring political persecutions in occupied Crimea, documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the hybrid war in the Donbas, and conducting an international campaign “LetMyPeopleGo” to release political prisoners. Ms. Matviichuk has experience in creating horizontal organizational structures for a massive involvement of people including documenting violations during the armed conflict. She is the author of a number of alternative reports to various UN bodies, the Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE, and the International Criminal Court. In 2016, she received the Democracy Defender Award for "Exclusive Contribution to Promoting Democracy and Human Rights" from missions to the OSCE.
