Kateryna Rashevska

Kateryna Rashevska (; ) is a Ukrainian human rights activist. As a legal expert for the Regional Centre for Human Rights, she has advocated for the return of children abducted during the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Early life and education Rashevska was born and raised in Poltava Oblast. She trained as a lawyer at university, and subsequently obtained a PhD in international law from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. As of 2025, Rashevska lives in Kyiv.

In 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rashevska initially left Kyiv for Vienna, Austria, before returning to Ukraine shortly afterwards. She identified a pattern of children being "evacuated" from occupied areas of Ukraine by Russian authorities, and reported on the subsequent indoctrination, Russification and militarisation - and, at times, forced adoption - of Ukrainian children in Russia and Russian allies, including Belarus and North Korea. Rashevska described Amelina as her role model.

In 2025, Rashevska was named as one of Forbes Ukraine's 30 Under 30, as a harbinger of change.