Euromaidan SOS was initiated by young human rights defenders and activists who came together on November 30, after protesting students were beaten on Euromaidan. Today, the NGO monitors war crimes, engages in international advocacy, and fights for the release of political prisoners. 

Oleksandra Matviychuk, a prominent young human rights defender and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, tells that, the day after the beating of students on Maidan Nezalezhnosti on November 30, 2013, activists opened one hotline for the victims and another one – for volunteer lawyers. Thus, they provided legal services and defense in courts for the protesters. Nowadays, they monitor war crimes in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, submit obtained documents to international institutions, engage in international advocacy, and fight for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia.