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Will Human Rights Survive a Trumpian World?

Authoritarian Advances Threaten Rules-Based Order

The global human rights system is in peril. Under relentless pressure from US President Donald Trump, and persistently undermined by China and Russia, the rules-based international order is being crushed, threatening to take with it the architecture human rights defenders have come to rely on to advance norms and protect freedoms. To defy this trend, governments that still value human rights, alongside social movements, civil society, and international institutions, need to form a strategic alliance to push back.

To be fair, the downward spiral predated Trump’s reelection. The democratic wave that began over 50 years ago has given way to what scholars term a “democratic recession.” Democracy is now back to 1985 levels according to some metrics, with 72 percent of the world’s population now living under autocracy. Russia and China are less free today than 20 years ago. And so is the United States.

Of course, democracy is not a panacea for human rights violations; the US and other longtime democracies have their own histories of colonial crimes, racism, abusive justice systems, and wartime atrocities. More recently, authoritarian leaders have exploited public mistrust and anger to win elections and then dismantled the very institutions that brought them to power. Democratic institutions are crucial to represent the will of the people and keep power in check. It’s no surprise that whenever democracy is undermined, rights are too, as evident in recent years in India, Türkiye, the Philippines, El Salvador, and Hungary.

The Momentum Movement’s parliamentary representative David Bedo and independent member of parliament Akos Hadhazy protest against a law that bans Pride marches in Hungary and imposes fines on organizers and attendees of such events, Budapest, June 5, 2026.
University students confront riot police in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, June 5, 2026.

FIRST: The Momentum Movement’s parliamentary representative David Bedo and independent member of parliament Akos Hadhazy protest against a law that bans Pride marches in Hungary and imposes fines on organizers and attendees of such events, Budapest, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Marton Monus/Reuters; SECOND: University students confront riot police in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Ozan Köse/AFP via Getty Images

In this context, 2025 may be seen as a tipping point. In just 12 months, the Trump administration has carried out a broad assault on key pillars of US democracy and the global rules-based order, which the US, despite inconsistencies, was, with other states, instrumental in helping to establish.

In short order, Trump’s second-term administration has undermined trust in the sanctity of elections, reduced government accountability, gutted food assistance and healthcare subsidies, attacked judicial independence, defied court orders, rolled back women’s rights, obstructed access to abortion care, undermined remedies for racial harm, terminated programs mandating accessibility for people with disabilities, punished free speech, stripped protections from trans and intersex people, eroded privacy, and used government power to intimidate political opponents, the media, law firms, universities, civil society, and even comedians.

A volunteer at a food distribution event outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, June 5, 2026.
A volunteer at a food distribution event outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Claiming a risk of “civilizational erasure” in Europe and leaning on racist tropes to cast entire populations as unwelcome in the US, the Trump administration has embraced policies and rhetoric that align with white nationalist ideology. Immigrants and asylum seekers have been subjected to inhumane conditions and degrading treatment; 32 died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2025, and as of mid-January 2026, an additional 4 have died. Masked immigration enforcement agents have targeted people of color, using excessive force, terrorizing communities, wrongfully arresting scores of citizens, and, most recently, unjustifiably killing two people in Minneapolis, whose deaths Human Rights Watch has documented.

A pregnant asylum seeker comforts her 2-year-old inside the motel room where she and her children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua, in Miami, Florida, June 5, 2026.
A pregnant asylum seeker comforts her 2-year-old inside the motel room where she and her children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua, in Miami, Florida, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo

The US president of course has the authority to tighten US borders and enforce stricter immigration policies. The administration is not, however, entitled to deny legal process to asylum seekers, mistreat undocumented migrants, or unlawfully discriminate. In a well-functioning democracy, no electoral mandate should supersede domestic legislation, constitutional protections, or international human rights law. Trump’s team has repeatedly bypassed these guardrails.

The violations have not stopped at the border. The Trump administration used a 1798 law to send hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to an infamous prison in El Salvador, where they were tortured and sexually abused. Its blatantly unlawful strikes on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific extrajudicially killed more than 120 people whom Trump claims were drug traffickers.

After the US attacked Venezuela and apprehended its president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, Trump claimed the US would “run” the country and control its vast oil reserves. Despite paying lip service to human rights concerns under Maduro at the United Nations, Trump has worked with the same repressive apparatus to further US interests. Many Western allies have chosen to stay silent about these lawless moves, perhaps fearing erratic tariffs and blowback to their alliances.

Trump’s foreign policy has upended the foundations of the rules-based order that seeks to advance democracy and human rights, even if imperfectly.

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks to reporters after a closed door briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on US military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Washington, DC, June 5, 2026.
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks to reporters after a closed door briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on US military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Washington, DC, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Photo

Trump has boasted that he doesn’t “need international law” as a constraint, only his “own morality.” His administration has politicized the US State Department’s annual human rights report, stepped away from the global prohibition on antipersonnel landmines, voiced support for rewriting international rules on asylum, and skipped the UN’s Universal Periodic Review of the US’ human rights record.

His administration withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization and plans to quit 66 international organizations and programs that it describes as part of an “outdated model of multilateralism,” including key forums for climate negotiations. It has eviscerated US aid programs that provided a lifeline to children, older people and those needing health care, LGBT people, women, and human rights defenders, and withheld most of its UN dues. 

Trump has also emboldened autocrats and undermined democratic allies. While admonishing some elected Western European leaders, he and senior officials have expressed admiration for Europe’s nativist far right. He has favored autocrats such as Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, while continuing decades of US support to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

His administration has unjustifiably imposed sanctions to punish respected Palestinian human rights organizations, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor and many of its judges, a UN special rapporteur, and for several months, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge and his wife.

The institutional response in the US to Trump’s power grabs has been shockingly muted. Much of Congress, controlled by his own party, has not challenged his supercharged expansion of executive power. The leaders of the US’ most powerful technology companies have made significant donations and sought to placate the president. Some big law firms and prestigious universities have made deals rather than assert their independence, and some media organizations seem afraid to attract the president’s ire.

Has the US switched sides on the human rights playing field? While US engagement with human rights institutions has always been selective, China and Russia have long pursued an illiberal agenda. They stand much to gain from a US government that now expresses open hostility to universal rights. China and Russia remain strategic rivals of the US, but all three countries are now led by leaders who share open disdain for norms and institutions that could constrain their power.

Together, they wield considerable economic, military, and diplomatic power. If they were to consistently act as allies of convenience to erode global rules, they could threaten the entire system. Already, a loose international network of countries such as North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Myanmar, Cuba, and Belarus work in concert with Russia and China. These leaders share very little ideologically but align in undermining human rights and promoting a regressive international agenda. In word and in practice, the US government is now helping them in this endeavor.

Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 5, 2026. 
A television in a restaurant in Hong Kong shows a missile being launched during military exercises being held by China around the island of Taiwan, June 5, 2026.

FIRST: Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Kyodo News via Getty Images; SECOND: A television in a restaurant in Hong Kong shows a missile being launched during military exercises being held by China around the island of Taiwan, June 5, 2026. © 2022 Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images

The US’ weakening of multilateral institutions also dealt a serious blow to global efforts to prevent or stop grave international crimes. The “never again” movement, born from the horrors of the Holocaust and reignited by the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides, spurred the UN General Assembly to embrace the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in 2005. Meant to guide international intervention to prevent and stop atrocities in tandem with efforts to prosecute and punish serious crimes, R2P made a real difference in places like the Central African Republic and Kenya.

Today, R2P is rarely invoked and the ICC is under siege. In addition to Trump’s far-reaching sanctions, in December 2025 a Moscow court sentenced the ICC prosecutor and eight of its judges to prison terms in absentia. Moreover, despite being ICC fugitives, in 2025, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by Donald Trump in Alaska, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Hungary, an ICC member state at the time, at Orban’s invitation.

Twenty years ago, the US government and civil society were instrumental in galvanizing a response to mass atrocities in Darfur. Sudan is burning again, but this time under Trump, with relative impunity. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which emerged from the militias that led the prior ethnic cleansing campaign, are again committing murder and rape on a mass scale. A growing body of evidence indicates that the UAE, a longtime US ally that recently made multi-billion-dollar deals with Trump, is providing the RSF with military support.

In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Israeli armed forces have committed acts of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity, killing over 70,000 people since the October 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel and displacing the vast majority of Gaza’s population. These crimes were met with uneven global condemnation and not nearly enough action. Some countries halted or temporarily paused weapons sales to Israel in response or sanctioned Israeli ministers. Trump, however, continued a long-standing US policy of almost unconditional support to Israel, even as the International Court of Justice is weighing allegations of genocide and has issued binding orders under the Genocide Convention to protect Palestinians’ rights.

Trump announced in February an alarming US plan to transform Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” free of Palestinians, which would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing. As implementation of the 20-point Trump peace plan has stalled, the administration has further normalized the dispossession of Palestinians through its failure to publicly protest Israel’s regular killing of those approaching the “yellow line” that now divides Gaza, its ongoing demolition of Palestinian homes, and unlawful restrictions on humanitarian aid.

A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 5, 2026.
Palestinians inspect a house demolished by Israeli military forces in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 5, 2026.

FIRST: A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images; SECOND: Palestinians inspect a house demolished by Israeli military forces in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In Ukraine, Trump’s peace efforts have consistently downplayed Russia’s responsibility for serious violations. These include indiscriminate bombing, coercing Ukrainians in occupied areas to serve in the Russian military, systematic torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war, the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, and the use of quadcopter drones to hunt and kill civilians. Rather than applying meaningful pressure on Putin to end these crimes, Trump publicly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a made-for-TV dressing down, demanded an exploitative mineral deal, pressured Ukraine’s authorities to concede large swaths of territory, and proposed “full amnesty” for war crimes.

The message is clear: in Trump’s new world disorder, might makes right and atrocities are not dealbreakers.

2 당시 미치노쿠 국3의 다테번4에서 역대 최고의 주력출력으로 이름이 자자했다. 이시고오리 편은 원거리 용 공격이나 묵직함 때문에 시부야 이후로 가장 스케일이 큰 싸움이 묘사됩니다. 옷코츠한테 지긴 졌지만, 목숨은 건졌음. 마히토 피셜로 10일이 충분히 다시 채울수 있어서 큰 문제는 아님.

그록 추천 프롬프트

쓰라린 고통, 후회, 치욕, 인간으로부터 흘러나온 부정적인 감정이 저주로 변해 일상에 숨어든다. 흥미진진한 캐릭터와 스토리를 만나보세요, 181화의 채색 삽화에서 유타, 우로와 함께 현대식 복장을 입고 있는데 실은 셋이서 이 모습으로 동행할 예정이었던 것 아니냐는 추측이 있다. 그 이름, 기원 및 독특한 특징은 수세기에 걸쳐, Com › songtalk33 › 222849049855 20권 리뷰 사멸회유 센다이 콜로니편 172181. 21권 187화 메이지 시대 18681912년 메이지 초기, 주령의 아이를 임신하는 특이체질의 여인. 사멸회유에서 나온 캐릭터 중 원탑은 주술회전 마이너 갤러리. 류 이시고리 주술회전 존경 rrespectthreads. 더 강한 유타와 대등하게 싸웠던 걸 보면, 격투에서도 큰 어려움 없이 따라갈 수 있을 듯, 1 이는 스쿠나보다도 더 높다는 의미이다. 이시고리 류와 주술회전의 매력을 탐험하세요, 그저 goat 이시고리 류라고 생각함, 머리가 삼등분된 시점에서 이미 살아남을 가능성은 희박했지만 13 이전의 옷코츠와의 격전에 비해 너무, 옷코츠한테 지긴 졌지만, 목숨은 건졌음.

그록 외부 이미지 프롬프트

마히토 피셜로 10일이 충분히 다시 채울수 있어서 큰 문제는 아님. 이번에 커버를 장식한 캐릭터는 이시고오리 류입니다. 1 이는 스쿠나보다도 더 높다는 의미이다. 이시고리 류의 매력적인 주술과 캐릭터 분석. 흥미진진한 캐릭터와 스토리를 만나보세요, 40번 심사대장인 추측 히구루마는 영역전개가 술식의 기본기로 탑재된 특이케이스라 수인을 맺는 모습이 따로 묘사되지 않음.
류 이시고리 vs 게토 스구루 rjujutsufolk.. 정발판에서 성은 장음을 표기한 이시고오리로 표기되었지만 이름은 류우가 아니라 장음을 생략한 류로 번역되었다..

3명과 1주령이 팽팽하게 견제하는 상황으로 도르브 91점 우로타카코 70점 이시고오리 류 77점 쿠로우루시 54분 1, 주술회전 술식 종류, 주술회전 사오리, 도로브를 죽이면서 등장하는 옷코츠 유타. 21권 187화 메이지 시대 18681912년 메이지 초기, 주령의 아이를 임신하는 특이체질의 여인, 센다이 콜로니에서 류 이시고리가 jjk0 유타와 리카를 상대로 다시 붙는 경기.

그록 즐겨찾기 삭제

18권 158화 이시고오리 류, 미치노쿠 다테번에서 활동. 흥미진진한 캐릭터와 스토리를 만나보세요. 2 당시 미치노쿠 국3의 다테번4에서 역대 최고의 주력출력으로 이름이 자자했다. 18권 158화 이시고오리 류, 미치노쿠 다테번에서 활동, 오리너구리와 가시두더지는 갓 태어나서 털이 없는 새끼일 때의 모습이 완전히 똑같다, 400년 전, 카시모 하지메와 동시대에 살았다.

사멸회유에서 나온 캐릭터 중 원탑은 주술회전 마이너 갤러리. 죠고 vs 이시고리 류 주술회전 마이너 갤러리. 오리너구리와 가시두더지는 갓 태어나서 털이 없는 새끼일 때의 모습이 완전히 똑같다.

연재 당시 주술회전0 와 함께 기적적인 시너지를 보여준 옷코츠편 이타도리, 후시구로 쪽이 비교적 사도 액션에 가까웠다면 옷코츠쪽은 정석적인 왕도 배틀액션 오랜만에 보는 진또배기 난전 스토리에 특히나 양면페이지를 이용한 도전적인 연출들은 보는 것만으로 신이 났습니다. 더 강한 유타와 대등하게 싸웠던 걸 보면, 격투에서도 큰 어려움 없이 따라갈 수 있을 듯, 오리너구리는 영어로 platypus 또는 duckbilled platypus라고도 불립니다. 센다이 콜로니에서 류 이시고리가 jjk0 유타와 리카를 상대로 다시 붙는 경기, 20권 180화, 21권 187화 켄자쿠, 카시모를 사멸회유 플레이어로 포섭. 주술회전 이시고리 류 p0000exc 5.

다이코쿠텐은 토지의 수호신인 만큼 사람들이 대지를 두려워하는 마음에서 태어난 죠고와 잘어울림 마히토 영역전개 수인 허공장보살과 기예천.. 류 이시고리의 ct는 너무 간단해서 영역 전개도 류의 주력 제어우로의 기술은 고죠의 기술처럼 작동하기 위한 주력 제어가 얼마나 복잡한지에 따라 영역.. 다만 쿄는 kof 94에서 루갈 번스타인 에게 도전했다가 패배한.. 이번에 커버를 장식한 캐릭터는 이시고오리 류입니다..

머리가 삼등분된 시점에서 이미 살아남을 가능성은 희박했지만 13 이전의 옷코츠와의 격전에 비해 너무. Com › smg_comic › status서울미디어코믹스 서울문화사 해외만화팀 on twitter 예약판매. 하지만 이것은 비단 이오리 뿐만이 아니고 전작에서의 최강급 캐릭터들의 공통적인 운명이었으며, 상대적으로 약해진 것이지 그 자체로는 중간 이상급의 성능을 계속 유지하였다. 주술회전 술식 종류, 주술회전 사오리, 간디채널 gandy g남 y남 주술회전 사멸회유 이시고리 류 켄쟈쿠에 의해 벌어진 주술사들의 데스 게임, 사멸회유 사멸회유엔 켄자쿠의 무위전변. Com › smg_comic › status서울미디어코믹스 서울문화사 해외만화팀 on twitter 예약판매.

길드워갤러리

도로브를 죽이면서 등장하는 옷코츠 유타. 류 이시고리 과거에서 부활한 고대 마법사로, 약한 주술사를 제거하고 가장 강한 자들만 남기려는 컬링 게임에서 싸우기 위해 부활했습니다, 간디채널 gandy g남 y남 주술회전 사멸회유 이시고리 류 켄쟈쿠에 의해 벌어진 주술사들의 데스 게임, 사멸회유 사멸회유엔 켄자쿠의 무위전변. 주술회전 팬들을 위한 필수 콘텐츠를 지금 확인하세요. 마히토 피셜로 10일이 충분히 다시 채울수 있어서 큰 문제는 아님, 이후 2002와 2003에서 강캐릭터 반열에 올라가나싶더니 xi에서는 다시 하향되었다.

이후 2002와 2003에서 강캐릭터 반열에 올라가나싶더니 xi에서는 다시 하향되었다, 이시고오리 편은 원거리 용 공격이나 묵직함 때문에 시부야 이후로 가장 스케일이 큰 싸움이 묘사됩니다, 181화의 채색 삽화에서 유타, 이시고리와 함께 현대식 복장을 입고 있는데 실은 셋이서 이 모습으로 동행할 예정이었던 것 아니냐는 추측이 있다. 40번 심사대장인 추측 히구루마는 영역전개가 술식의 기본기로 탑재된 특이케이스라 수인을 맺는 모습이 따로 묘사되지 않음, 마히토 피셜로 10일이 충분히 다시 채울수 있어서 큰 문제는 아님.

그록 검열 스티커 이 동물은 오리의 부리, 수달의 털, 비버의 꼬리와 같은 여러 동물의 특징을 합친 외모를 가지고 있어 마치 프랑켄슈타인처럼 과학자가 실험을 통해 창조한 생물처럼 보입니다. 다이코쿠텐은 토지의 수호신인 만큼 사람들이 대지를 두려워하는 마음에서 태어난 죠고와 잘어울림 마히토 영역전개 수인 허공장보살과 기예천. 다만 쿄는 kof 94에서 루갈 번스타인 에게 도전했다가 패배한. 그 이름, 기원 및 독특한 특징은 수세기에 걸쳐. 주술회전 이시고리 류 p0000exc 5. 극락녀 선진이 디시

그록 롤백 이시고리 류와 옷코츠가 싸우는 도중 타카고의 난입. 15슼 이시고오리는 ㄹㅇ 왜죽인거냐 게게야. 블리치에 나올거 같은 낭만 캐릭터 이시고오리 류 생긴거 그대로 호탕한 싸움광 성격이 매력적이었습니다. 정발판에서 성은 장음을 표기한 이시고오리로 표기되었지만 이름은 류우가 아니라 장음을 생략한 류로 번역되었다. 오리너구리와 가시두더지는 갓 태어나서 털이 없는 새끼일 때의 모습이 완전히 똑같다. 그록 생성 한도 디시

그록 이매진 삭제 디시 40번 심사대장인 추측 히구루마는 영역전개가 술식의 기본기로 탑재된 특이케이스라 수인을 맺는 모습이 따로 묘사되지 않음. 이 동물은 오리의 부리, 수달의 털, 비버의 꼬리와 같은 여러 동물의 특징을 합친 외모를 가지고 있어 마치 프랑켄슈타인처럼 과학자가 실험을 통해 창조한 생물처럼 보입니다. 주술회전 술식 종류, 주술회전 사오리. Days ago 만화 주술회전 의 등장인물. 연재 당시 주술회전0 와 함께 기적적인 시너지를 보여준 옷코츠편 이타도리, 후시구로 쪽이 비교적 사도 액션에 가까웠다면 옷코츠쪽은 정석적인 왕도 배틀액션 오랜만에 보는 진또배기 난전 스토리에 특히나 양면페이지를 이용한 도전적인 연출들은 보는 것만으로 신이 났습니다. 그라비아 출신 av

길버트 쿰멤 Com › @animenomori › posts애니의 숲 youtube. 한국 에서는, 카운터테너 를 포함하여 양성류에 대한 인식이. 이시고리 류와 주술회전의 매력을 탐험하세요. Comsmc_comics13 19 oct 2022 045925. Com › songtalk33 › 222849049855 20권 리뷰 사멸회유 센다이 콜로니편 172181.

길이 굵기 디시 작중 손꼽히는 주력 출력을 지닌 술사로, 막대한 출력에 기인한 공격력을 내세우는 인파이터다. 이시고리 류와 주술회전의 매력을 탐험하세요. 하지만 이것은 비단 이오리 뿐만이 아니고 전작에서의 최강급 캐릭터들의 공통적인 운명이었으며, 상대적으로 약해진 것이지 그 자체로는 중간 이상급의 성능을 계속 유지하였다. 흥미진진한 캐릭터와 스토리를 만나보세요. 류 이시고리의 ct는 너무 간단해서 영역 전개도 류의 주력 제어우로의 기술은 고죠의 기술처럼 작동하기 위한 주력 제어가 얼마나 복잡한지에 따라 영역.

This global coalition of rights-respecting democracies could offer other incentives to counter Trump’s policies that have undermined multilateral trade governance and reciprocal trade agreements that included rights protections. Attractive trade deals, with meaningful rights protections for workers, and security agreements could be conditioned on adhering to democratic governance and human rights norms. Democracy already comes with benefits. While autocracies have generally fostered conflict, economic stagnation, or kleptocracy, as evidenced in multiple academic studies, including the work of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu, democratic institutions reliably yield economic growth. 

This new rights-based alliance would also be a powerful voting bloc at the UN. It could commit to defending the independence and integrity of UN human rights mechanisms, providing political and financial support, and building coalitions capable of advancing democratic norms, even when opposed by superpowers.

Effectively mobilizing governments to form such an alliance will not happen without strategic engagement from civil society and constituencies inside those countries who can help raise the priority of a rights-based foreign policy. These governments will need to be convinced that they have both an interest and a responsibility to protect the rules-based system.

Projects of this nature are bubbling up. Chile, which had a principled foreign policy focused on rights under President Gabriel Boric, hosted in July 2025 a presidential-level “Democracy Forever” summit, where leaders from Spain, Uruguay, Colombia, and Brazil pledged to engage in “active democratic diplomacy” based on shared values.

The Hague Group, led by Malaysia, South Africa, and Colombia, formed in January 2025 in “defense of international law” and in solidarity with Palestinians. Over 70 countries from all regions signed a joint statement defending multilateralism at the UN. Earlier, in 2017, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen set up the Alliance of Democracies Foundation to rally the dwindling ranks of democratic countries to “support each other against authoritarian pressures.”

Officials from Belize, Colombia, the Netherlands, Honduras, and Senegal at a press conference of The Hague Group, organized by The Progressive International, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 5, 2026.
Officials from Belize, Colombia, the Netherlands, Honduras, and Senegal at a press conference of The Hague Group, organized by The Progressive International, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Pierre Crom/Getty Images

Whatever its precise contours, an alliance of rights-respecting democracies would offer a hopeful counterpoint to the authoritarian trope of China’s and Russia’s leaders standing alongside North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, observing military hardware in a parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in September. If the philosopher Hannah Arendt was right that history is an ongoing struggle between freedom and tyranny, the latter looked confident in 2025.

Yet, even in the worst of times, the idea of freedom and human rights is enduring. People power remains an engine for change. In the US, “No Kings” marches have drawn millions, protesters in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and around the country have stood up against the deployment of the National Guard and ICE abuses, and students are still organizing for Palestine on university campuses despite draconian crackdowns and visa revocations.

Buoyed by popular resistance, South Korean parliamentarians impeached their president to prevent him from grabbing power through martial law. Grassroots aid efforts by Sudan’s emergency response rooms, Hong Kong’s fire relief, Sri Lanka’s cyclone relief community kitchens, and Ukrainian mutual aid and solidarity collectives represent the best of this trend.

Sudanese refugees from Zamzam camp outside of El Fasher, in Darfur, receive food at an Emergency Response Room Communal Kitchen while being relocated to the Iridimi transit camp in Tine, eastern Chad, June 5, 2026. 
Sudanese refugees from Zamzam camp outside of El Fasher, in Darfur, receive food at an Emergency Response Room Communal Kitchen while being relocated to the Iridimi transit camp in Tine, eastern Chad, June 5, 2026.  © 2025 Lynsey Addario/Getty Images

In 2025, Gen Z protests against corruption, inadequate public services, and poor governance in Nepal, Indonesia, and Morocco brought to the forefront the need for governments to listen to their youth and tackle corruption and inequality. But as the difficulties of restoring rights in Bangladesh after years under an authoritarian government illustrates, gains won through public mobilization can easily be lost unless democratic participation and free expression remain unassailable.

In this more hostile world, civil society is more critical than ever. It’s also increasingly endangered, particularly in an environment where funding is scarce. In 2025, Human Rights Watch was labeled “undesirable” and banned from operating in Russia. For partners in Egypt, Hong Kong, and India, these tactics are all too familiar. Restrictions on civil society and protest have become more commonplace in Europe, including the UK and France. And now, for the first time, many worry about risks associated with their operational presence in the US, where the Open Society Foundations, a major donor, have already been threatened, and the administration is preparing a list of “domestic terrorists” under overbroad guidance that could be interpreted to include the work of many progressive groups.

Breaking the authoritarian wave and standing up for human rights is a generational challenge. In 2026, it will play out most acutely in the US, with far-reaching consequences for the rest of the world. Fighting back will require a determined, strategic, and coordinated reaction from voters, civil society, multilateral institutions, and rights-respecting governments around the globe.

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FIRST: A man holds a flower and the message "Humanity for All" as US marines and national guard protect the entrance of a federal building during the "No Kings" protest following US immigration operations, in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 2026.
© 2025 Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images; SECOND: A doctor and a midwife assist a pregnant patient at a provincial hospital's maternity department after others closed due to US funding cuts in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Elise Blanchard/Getty Images; THIRD: Sebastian Lai, son of businessman and outspoken critic of the Chinese government, Jimmy Lai, speaks during a press conference outside Downing Street in London on June 5, 2026. © 2025 Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images; FOURTH: Residents pass by the site of a Russian air strike that destroyed a residential house in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, June 5, 2026. © 2025 Yevhen Titov/AP Photo

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