Maria Tomak

human rights expert

Ukrainian human rights expert, researcher, advocacy expert. Having started from journalism and volunteering for the Euromaidan SOS initiative, Maria moved on to actively participate in documenting human rights violations in eastern Ukraine and Russia’s seizure of Crimea. She was a co-founder of the NGO Media Initiative for Human Rights which is focused on journalism investigations into human rights violations related to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

In January 2022, Maria shifted from NGO to the governmental sector. Till December 2024, she served as the head of the Crimea Platform Department at the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In 2025 Maria is back to civil society. Jointly with the team of the Truth Hounds NGO she is focusing on researching the recruitment of the foreign fighters from the Global South by Russia as well as international advocacy activities.