Oleksandra Matviichuk Inspires EMA Graduates in Venice with Call to Place Human Values at the Heart of Human Rights
Oleksandra Matviichuk, Right Livelihood Laureate 2022 and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, a leading Ukrainian human rights lawyer and head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, whose work has been vital in documenting war crimes and defending civic freedoms, on 21 September 2025 made a keynote speech during the EMA Graduation Ceremony at the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice, honouring the Class of 2024/2025 of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA).