Center for Civil Liberties (human rights organization)

Center for Civil Liberties
Founded30 May 2007 (2007-05-30)
TypeHuman rights organization
PurposeHuman rights group
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine[1]
Chairman
Oleksandra Matviichuk
Award(s)Nobel Peace Prize (2022)
Websiteccl.org.ua/en/

The Center for Civil Liberties (Ukrainian: Центр Громадянських Свобод, romanizedTsentr Hromadyansʹkykh Svobod) is a Ukrainian human rights organization led by the Ukrainian lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk.[2] It was founded in 2007,[3][4] with the purpose of pressuring Ukraine's government to make the country more democratic.[5][6] The organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Ales Bialiatski and Russian organization Memorial.[3][7]

  1. ^ "Nobel Committee Champions Human Rights With 2022 Peace Prize". Radio Free Europe. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Oleksandra Matviychuk – Ukraine | Coalition for the International Criminal Court". www.coalitionfortheicc.org. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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  4. ^ "Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties becomes one of Nobel Peace Prize laureates". Ukrinform. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference CCLfreiheitMatviichuk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference onmanorama2022-10-07 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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