Xenia Rivkin (*1990) is an independent lawyer in Geneva, specialising in criminal proceedings, contract law and human rights. Prior to her work as a lawyer, she worked as a human rights observer for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in eastern Ukraine in 2017 where she documented human rights violations in the conflict area, in particular the right to a fair trial, the prohibition of torture, detention conditions, and violations of the laws of war. She is a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Geneva Bar Association, where she advocates in particular for lawyers who are in danger due to their profession. At the age of 15 Xenia Rivkin became active with Amnesty International and was on the board of Amnesty’s Swiss section from 2011 to 2015.

Xenia Rivkin studied law at the University of Fribourg and the Global School of Law at the Universidade Catolica de Lisboa in Portugal and passed her bar exam in Bern. She grew up in Aargau and lives in Geneva.

Languages: German, English, French, Italian.