A Crimean Tatar and a lieutenant on active duty in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been a Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since 2023, where he has twice been elected Rapporteur, and co-authored the UN Guiding Principles on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to autonomy and self-government. He has also held senior roles with Amnesty International Ukraine, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, the UN Development Programme, and the Danish Refugee Council.