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2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk says ordinary Ukrainians have shown extraordinary courage and solidarity. This, as they emerged as key actors amid the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion.

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00:002022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matvichek says
00:06ordinary Ukrainians have shown extraordinary courage and solidarity. This as they emerged as
00:12key actors amid the devastation caused by Russia's invasion. In her speech during Rappler's social
00:18goods summit, Matvichek highlights the power of ordinary people in the face of such destruction.
00:23We get used to thinking through the categories of states and inter-states organization,
00:29but ordinary people have a much greater impact that they can even imagine. She also notes that
00:37her team witnessed how international organizations evacuated when Russia launched its invasion in
00:43February 2022. It was the ordinary citizens who helped people survive artillery fire,
00:49evacuate from destroyed cities, and deliver humanitarian aid. I know from my own experience,
00:55when you can't rely on the legal instruments, when you can't rely on the UN system of peace and
01:02security, you can still rely on people. Matvichek received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. She
01:09stresses the importance of human dignity in the face of brutal aggression, citing the case of Ukrainian
01:15scientist Ihor Kozlovsky. He spent 700 days in Russian captivity. He was abducted, illegally detained,
01:23kept in unhuman conditions. He was tortured so severely that he had to learn how to walk again.
01:30All his experience, it's not a reason for him to treat himself as a victim. Because the basis of our
01:38existence is dignity, it's dignity, not victimhood.
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