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Mariia Tsypiashchuk is a Ukrainian human rights defender who has worked for over a decade to advance human rights through human rights education, protection mechanisms during armed conflict, countering discrimination, access to information, and protecting cultural heritage. As a human rights expert, Tsypiashchuk often works with Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv on events including its international human rights school and human rights education festival.

Kateryna Rashevska is a Ukrainian human rights defender working on the issues of violations of the rights of Ukrainian children connected to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and the illegal deportation of children to the occupied Ukrainian territories and the territories of the Russian Federation.

Dr Katarina Golubović is a human rights defender from Serbia and President of the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM). She has worked in human rights for over 20 years, having joined YUCOM in 2005. Golubović has dedicated her work to strengthening the rule of law, judicial independence, access to justice, constitutional protection of human rights, public administration reform, and aligning Serbia’s legal framework with international and European human rights standards. She has also actively worked to protect civic space and fundamental freedoms and to support victims of human rights violations through legal advocacy and strategic litigation.

Olga Borisova Craig is a media campaigner, researcher and digital creator based in the UK, and a former member of the Russian feminist protest and performance art group Pussy Riot. She has been active in the human rights field for over a decade, focusing on political prisoners, women’s rights, freedom of expression, and online censorship.

Małgorzata Szuleka is a Polish human rights defender who has worked for over 16 years to expand access to justice for victims of crime and protect the rule of law. Szuleka is a representative of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), a member of the Network of Human Rights Houses, where she coordinates advocacy and research activities.

Khatia Rekhviashvili is a human rights defender from Georgia who has worked for over a decade to advance human rights. Rekhviashvili is the Chairperson of the Board of Rights Georgia; her work is focused on strategic litigation, domestic and gender-based violence, torture and ill-treatment by police, and mass surveillance of activists.

Cvijeta Senta is a human rights defender from Croatia working at the intersection of anti-racism, civic space, and social justice. Her work is grounded in feminist values and a commitment to equality and solidarity. Senta is an Organisational Coordinator at the Centre for Peace Studies and a Program Council Member at Human Rights House Zagreb.

Jadranka Miličević is a human rights lawyer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1992, Miličević has worked to advance human rights and to support people affected by war, violence and discrimination. Miličević’s work has had a particular focus on women’s rights and the rights of marginalised communities, including survivors of violence, Roma women, women with disabilities, LGBTQI people, and other groups facing discrimination. Miličević is the founder and executive director of CURE Foundation, one of four organisations working to establish a Human Rights House in Sarajevo.

Jovana Kisin Zagajac is a human rights lawyer from Bosnia and Herzegovina working to advance human rights through strategic litigation and advocacy, with a particular focus on combating discrimination, protecting freedom of expression, defending environmental activists and journalists, and advancing women’s rights. Kisin Zagajac is a member of the Legal Team of Human Rights House Banja Luka.