The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine | Oleksandra Matviichuk

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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How do we defend people's freedom and dignity against authoritarianism, when the "law of war" doesn't seem to apply anymore? In the face of the Russian occupation of Ukraine, human rights lawyer and Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk considers this question every day. Exposing the failures of the international system of peace and security, she highlights the capabilities of ordinary people during extraordinary times — and urges us all to take an active position in the struggle for freedom. (This talk contains graphic imagery.)

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0:14.0	When it comes to international conflicts, we often hear leaders talk about a rules-based order,
0:19.0	about human rights and rule of law.
0:22.0	But what happens when all those rules are ignored?
0:26.2	In her talk from Ted Women 2023,
0:28.6	Ukrainian human rights defender Olexandra Mat Vichock
0:32.4	says the answer to this question determines our global collective future.
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1:06.0	I have traveled here from Kyiv, where I am a human rights lawyer.
1:12.2	I have been applying the law to defend people and human dignity for many years.
1:20.0	At present, I am in a situation when the law doesn't work.
1:26.5	Russians troops are destroying residential buildings, schools, churches, hospitals, and museums.
1:36.0	They're shooting at evacuation corridors.
1:39.8	They're torturing people in situation camps.
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