Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureates are the head of the Belarusian human rights center Viasna Ales Bialiatski, the russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.

This is stated on the award page on Twitter.

"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties," the statement reads.

In her announcement, Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, added that the winning parties are "outstanding champions of human rights, democracy, and peaceful coexistence" in Belarus, russia, and Ukraine.

The winners "demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy," the chair of the Nobel Committee says.

They showed the importance of the "right to criticize power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens."

The recipients are also praised for their efforts to document "war crimes, human rights abuses, and the abuse of power."

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The Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties (CGS) is one of the joint winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. CGS is one of Ukraine's leading human rights organizations. It was founded in 2007 when leaders of human rights organizations from nine post-Soviet countries decided to create a cross-border resource support center in Kyiv.

Since its founding, the CGS has monitored political persecutions in occupied Crimea, documented war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Donbas, and organized international campaigns to release the Kremlin's political prisoners.

After russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Center for Civil Liberties has engaged in efforts to identify and document Russian war crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population.