I am very grateful to you for providing me with the floor.
I'm a human rights lawyer, and I have been applying the law to defend people and human dignity for many years. At present, I am doing my job in circumstances in which the law doesn't work. Russian troops deliberately shell residential buildings, schools, churches and hospitals; attack evacuation corridors; manage a concentration camp system; organize forced civil deportations; and commit murder, torture, rape, abduction and other kinds of offences against civilians. An entire international system of peace and security can't stop this.
We document a lot of human rights violations against women and children particularly, but I know from my own experience that when you can't rely temporarily upon the legal instruments, you still can always rely upon other people. I'm very grateful for all the solidarity and support we've received from people in different countries of the world, and especially Canada, in this difficult time of Ukrainian history.
Thank you very much for your humanity.