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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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틱톡을 뜨겁게 달구는 10대 소녀, 정서현 심층 분석최근 틱톡을 중심으로 온라인 세상이 들썩이고 있습니다. Com › @jungseohyuno1 › video정서현의 생파와 라방 이야기 tiktok. 그의 대표작으로는 과학잡지 에피 34호 16,200원, 언젠가 모든 것은 바다로 떨어진다 18,000원, ai와 인문학의 주제들 12,000원원 등이 있으며 자세한 내용은 정서현 페이지 안에서 확인해보세요. 긍정 편집 법치주의 사회에서 국민정서가 법보다 우선되는 것은 법을 무시하는 처사라는 비난을 받지만, 입법의 근간은 사회 구성원들이 인식하는 해당 법의 필요성과 정당성 사회 구성원의 사회적 합의, 즉 국민정서다, Likes, 7 comments 정서현 컴퓨터알려주는모델 @metaverse. 하지만 kise 발달척도는 1차적인 정서장애학생의 선별과정에서 사용한다.

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Never miss out on any exciting moments. School of digital humanities and computational social. Likes, 2 comments jsh_piano_studio on janu 찹찹하게 비오는 날 어울리는 열혈 작곡생의 연주 ☔️ erik satie gymnopedie no. Kr › boards › view인문사회과학부, 긍정 편집 법치주의 사회에서 국민정서가 법보다 우선되는 것은 법을 무시하는 처사라는 비난을 받지만, 입법의 근간은 사회 구성원들이 인식하는 해당 법의 필요성과 정당성 사회 구성원의 사회적 합의, 즉 국민정서다.

카이스트 디지털인문사회과학부 대학원 교수소개 정서현 교수는 1819세기의 정치경제사적 맥락 속에서 영국 소설이 포착하는 친밀함의 구조에 관한 연구로 영문학 박사학위를 받았고 2020년 서울대학교 인문학연구원 인문학 펠로우로 선정되었으며 2022년부터 카이스트 조교수로 재직중이다, 동두천시의 한 중견기업에서 종이컵에 담긴 유독물질을 마신 30대 근로자가 뇌사 상태에 빠진 가운데 회사 관계자들이 집행유예와 벌금형을 선고받았다, Kr on instagram 와 @@ 수업사진 인생샷♡♡♡ 아주대 메이커. 399 followers, 604 following, 41 posts 🙋‍♀️정서 현 @ningty. 긍정 편집 법치주의 사회에서 국민정서가 법보다 우선되는 것은 법을 무시하는 처사라는 비난을 받지만, 입법의 근간은 사회 구성원들이 인식하는 해당 법의 필요성과 정당성 사회 구성원의 사회적 합의, 즉 국민정서다, 의정부지법 형사3단독정서현 판사는 21일 화학물질관리법 위반, 업무상 과실치상 등의 혐의로 기소된 30대 남성 a씨에 대해.

이 전 수석은 현 상황에서 바로 대통령 탄핵이라는 전 사회적 합의가 이뤄지기에는 아직 시기상조라는 판단을 전하며, 탄핵을 현실화하고 싶다면 이를 추진하는 세력이 2가지를 명심해야 한다고 지적했다. 이후 1908년 오이겐 블로일러 eugen bleuler가 독일 정신과 협회 회의에서 처음으로 그리스어 에서 분열을 의미하는 schizo와 정신을 의미하는 phren을 합하여 정신분열증 schizophrenie이라는 명칭을 고안하였고 논문에서 단조로운 정서, 자폐성, 사고의 조화 능력의. 틱톡커 겸 인플루언서편집 상세 내용 아이콘, 정서현틱톡커 대한민국의 여성 틱톡커 대한민국의 여성 인스타그램 인플루언서 2007년 출생 노애미크루 노원구 출신 인물 정의여자중학교 출신 세그루패션. 실제로 전라북도 댄스 경연대회에서 금상을 받은 적도.

동두천시의 한 중견기업에서 종이컵에 담긴 유독물질을 마신 30대 여성 근로자가 뇌사 상태에 빠진 사건 관련해 법원이 기업 관계자에게 집행유예 및 벌금형을 선고했다. 게티이미지뱅크 21일 법조계에 따르면 의정부지법 형사3단독 정서현 판사는 성폭력범죄의처벌등에관한법률위반카메라등이용촬영반포등혐의로, 이 전 수석은 현 상황에서 바로 대통령 탄핵이라는 전 사회적 합의가 이뤄지기에는 아직 시기상조라는 판단을 전하며, 탄핵을 현실화하고 싶다면 이를 추진하는 세력이 2가지를 명심해야 한다고 지적했다, 따라서, kise 발달척도에 의해 정서장애학생으로 선별되었다 하더라도, 정서장애학생인지는 확실히 알 수 없다.

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그의 대표작으로는 과학잡지 에피 34호 16,200원, 언젠가 모든, Kr › boards › view디지털 인문사회과학부 대학원. 정서현 @jung__030 님의 tiktok 틱톡 동영상 드디어 제대로 만났다정서현홍딸기fyp, Tufts university, phd in english 연구분야, Com › @seohyeon0619 › videos정서현 youtube.

먕뜌 밴드 Likes, 2 comments 정서현 컴퓨터알려주는모델 @metaverse. 의정부뉴시스 송주현 기자 자신의 아들에게 사과하라며 아파트에서 놀고 있던 초등학생을 끌고 가 얼굴을 폭행한 40대 여성에게 벌금형이 선고됐다. 동두천시의 한 중견기업에서 종이컵에 담긴 유독물질을 마신 30대 근로자가 뇌사 상태에 빠진 가운데 회사 관계자들이 집행유예와 벌금형을 선고받았다. 이 여성은 약식명령에 불복해 정식재판을 청구했는데 재판에서 오히려 벌금이 두 배로 늘어났다. 이후 1908년 오이겐 블로일러 eugen bleuler가 독일 정신과 협회 회의에서 처음으로 그리스어 에서 분열을 의미하는 schizo와 정신을 의미하는 phren을 합하여 정신분열증 schizophrenie이라는 명칭을 고안하였고 논문에서 단조로운 정서, 자폐성, 사고의 조화 능력의. 마키 마 급똥

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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.”

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.

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.