Center for Civil Liberties awarded 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Congratulations to the Center for Civil Liberties, one of our Global Studies Internship Program partner organizations in Ukraine for receiving this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The Center for Civil Liberties is led by Oleksandra Matviichuk, an alum of Stanford CDDRL's Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program.
The Center for Civil Liberties was founded in Kyiv in 2007 for the purpose of advancing human rights and democracy in Ukraine. The center has taken a stand to strengthen Ukrainian civil society and pressure the authorities to make Ukraine a full-fledged democracy. To develop Ukraine into a state governed by rule of law, Center for Civil Liberties has actively advocated that Ukraine become affiliated with the International Criminal Court.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Center for Civil Liberties has engaged in efforts to identify and document Russian war crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population. In collaboration with international partners, the center is playing a pioneering role with a view to holding the guilty parties accountable for their crimes.