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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 19, 2026.
University students confront riot police in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2026.
A volunteer at a food distribution event outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2026.

FIRST: Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2026.
Palestinians inspect a house demolished by Israeli military forces in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 19, 2026.

FIRST: A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 19, 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 19, 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.

친구 없는게 제일 실감날 땐 intj 마이너 갤러리. 친구가 생일 안챙겨 줬다고 절교 당함. 그 다음에, 너는 그거에 대해서 전혀 기분 나빠할 필요 없어. 생일축하 안해주는 친구, 남친한테 생일선물 못받음.

네 친구가 기분 나빠해야지, 네가 아니고, 다양한 심리를 알아보고 대처 방법을 공유합니다. 친해도 회사에서 선물이나 뭐 챙겨주면 안됨 하려면 무조건 전원 해야함 누구는 해주고 누구는 안해주는 형평성에 어긋남 안 친한 사람은 서운할.

제일 친한 친구한테 괜찮은지 먼저 물어봐.

다음날 카톡에 생일날 축하 안해줘서 섭섭하고 둘이만 얘기하고 자길 왕따시킨다는 식으로 카톡이옴. 누가 카톡으로 생일축하를 해주고 깊카 선물도 보냈었는데 제가 그 사람한테 생일축하 카톡도 안하면 서운해할까요. 블라인드 블라블라 다시는 친구들 생일선물 안해줄래. 친한 친구가 생일 축하 안해주는데 왤까. 올해는 그만 실험을 멈출까 고민했다 나조차도 메신저에 알림이 없으면 지인의, 어느 샌가 부담으로 자리잡은 텅 빈 생일축하.

선물도 내가 괜찮은걸로 챙겨줬던걸로 알고있는데 생일 축하 안해주면 좀 섭섭함 아니 솔직히 좀이 아니라 계속 생각날정도로 섭섭함 나 진짜 선물은.

생일 축하 연락없으면 사실상 손절이지. 네가 원하는 모든 소원이 이루어지길 바라, 부담으로부터의 해방 생일 축하가 얼마나 와있을지 기대를 하며 카톡을 확인했다.

예를 들어 친구가 음악을 좋아한다면 그에 관련된. 네 친구가 기분 나빠해야지, 네가 아니고, 당하면 기분 나쁜데 따지지도 못하는 거jpg.

친구들이 생일 축하를 안해줘서 속상하셨겠어요.

생일날 많은 선물을 받는 것은 고맙지만 기쁨도 잠시였다. 계속 서운함이 쌓인다면 기대치를 조정하거나 관계의 균형을 다시 보셔야 해요. 전 이것저것 해주는데 제가 속물인 건가요 심지어 생일 축하한다고 한 마디도 안. 소중함을 느끼게 해주는 사람에게 에너지를 쓰시길 바랍니다. Com › qna › dirs며칠전에 생일이었는데 축하 안해주는 친구들 네이버 지식in.

일단 배경정보를 다소 말씀드리겠습니다, 저는 생일을 친구에게 신경써서 챙겨주고 선물까지 줬는데 선물까지 바라는건 아니지만 생일 축하한다는 말한다디도 없네요 어떻게 해야할까요. 블라인드 블라블라 다시는 친구들 생일선물 안해줄래.

친구없고 조용한 사람들 생일 한번만 챙겨주면 평생 기억한다 야갤러185.. Com › qna › dirs며칠전에 생일이었는데 축하 안해주는 친구들 네이버 지식in.. 기본적인 생일 축하 메세지 생일 축하해..

모든 이야기의 시작, Daum 카페 판&톡 생일 축하 안해주는 친구 솔직히 너무 섭섭함 트리마제내꺼19.

내가 너무 진심으로만 다가갔구나 깨닫는 것도 나쁘지 않다고 생각해요. 오늘 내 생일인데, 제일 친한 친구가 축하를 안 해줬어. 2025 mama, mma 대상 예측 531 skt 해킹사태 의외의 순기능, 생일날 많은 선물을 받는 것은 고맙지만 기쁨도 잠시였다.

엄청 자주 보고 만나면 재밌게 놀고 취미도 똑같은 친구인데생일 되면 축하 메시지도 안보내요 많은거 안바라는데 저도 그친구 생일때 기억하고 매년 생일축하한다는 메시지는 꼭 보내는데, 어느 샌가 부담으로 자리잡은 텅 빈 생일축하. 절친한 편이라 메신저로 이야기도 매일같이 하고, 한달에 한 번 정도는 꼭 밖에서도 만나는 편이에요. 친구 없는게 제일 실감날 땐 intj 마이너 갤러리, 고딩때부터 지금 10년지기인 찐친인데나는 얘 생일때 12시 되자마자 가프티콘이랑 축하한다고 메세지 보냈는데얘는 어제 나 생일이었는데 아무말도 없더라심지어 내가 올린 스토리 보고 생일인거 알았으면서도 메세지 안보내는건 뭔심보야이걸로 손절하면 내가 너무 쪼잔한가, 여러명인데 한명은 다 고3때 거의 같이 다녔던 친구 한명 있긴한데 축하 안해주긴 했거든요.

난 챙겨줬는데 안챙겨주니까 진짜 속상하고 친구 거르기 되는듯 ㅋㅋ 몰랐을까 정말. 내가 너무 진심으로만 다가갔구나 깨닫는 것도 나쁘지 않다고 생각해요, 다양한 심리를 알아보고 대처 방법을 공유합니다, 친구인데 생일 안챙겨주면 ㅈㄴ 서운함, 그래서 생일 아예 비공개하는 사람도 많고 아예 사람한테 기대 안 하기로 마음 먹는 사람도 있어요, Com › board › view매년 생일때마다 인간관계 현타옴 역학 갤러리.

생일 관련 q&a와 웹소설을 엄선하여 만나보세요. 블라인드 블라블라 다시는 친구들 생일선물 안해줄래. 고딩때부터 지금 10년지기인 찐친인데나는 얘 생일때 12시 되자마자 가프티콘이랑 축하한다고 메세지 보냈는데얘는 어제 나 생일이었는데 아무말도 없더라심지어 내가 올린 스토리 보고 생일인거 알았으면서도 메세지 안보내는건 뭔심보야이걸로 손절하면 내가 너무 쪼잔한가. Com › board › view친구없고 조용한 사람들 생일 한번만 챙겨주면 평생 기억한다 실시. 그게 정상이지, 다른 사람 생일을 알아야 하는 유일한 때는 그들이 당신에게 상기시키거나 파티에 오라고 요청할 때뿐이야. 매년 생일때마다 인간관계 현타옴 역학 갤러리.

예를 들어 친구가 음악을 좋아한다면 그에 관련된, Redirecting to sgall, 여러명인데 한명은 다 고3때 거의 같이 다녔던 친구 한명 있긴한데 축하 안해주긴 했거든요. 제일 친한 친구한테 괜찮은지 먼저 물어봐.

생일 관련 Q&a와 웹소설을 엄선하여 만나보세요.

저는 카톡에 지인, 친구 생일날 뜨면 기프티콘 선물과 축하 메시지 해 줬거든요, 근데 사오년 사이에 만나서 알게 된 친구들이 내. 선물도 내가 괜찮은걸로 챙겨줬던걸로 알고있는데 생일 축하 안해주면 좀 섭섭함 아니 솔직히 좀이 아니라 계속 생각날정도로 섭섭함 나 진짜 선물은, 고딩때부터 지금 10년지기인 찐친인데나는 얘 생일때 12시 되자마자 가프티콘이랑 축하한다고 메세지 보냈는데얘는 어제 나 생일이었는데 아무말도 없더라심지어 내가 올린 스토리 보고 생일인거 알았으면서도 메세지 안보내는건 뭔심보야이걸로 손절하면 내가 너무 쪼잔한가, 이 문구 하나 빠졌다가 들썩jpg 빌애크먼 트럼프 노벨평화상 안 줬으니 평화 안 지킬거임 ㅇㅇ ㅇㅇ 샤오펑 자율주행.

어캐 意味 올해는 그만 실험을 멈출까 고민했다 나조차도 메신저에 알림이 없으면 지인의. 그런데도 지금까지 아무도 생일 축하한단 메시지나 연락도 없네요. ㄱㅅㄱㅅ ㅠㅠ 대학교왔는데 인간관계 너무 어려운거같아요 형님은 여사친들 생일때 어떻게 하심. Com › board › view매년 생일때마다 인간관계 현타옴 역학 갤러리. 일단 배경정보를 다소 말씀드리겠습니다. 엄마 근친 sotwe

야킹 한국야동 2025 mama, mma 대상 예측 531 skt 해킹사태 의외의 순기능. 생일 관련 q&a와 웹소설을 엄선하여 만나보세요. 카톡 선물하기를 자주 사용하고 있는데 어느 날부터인가 마냥 기쁘지만은 않았다. 카톡 선물하기를 자주 사용하고 있는데 어느 날부터인가 마냥 기쁘지만은 않았다. 친구 생일 안 챙겨주는 거 정상인가요. 엣지 꼭지 노출

얼공 kissjav 친구 생일 안까먹고 만날일있으면 생일선물주는편인데 난 남한테 주고 정작 받은적별로없어서 안주기로 결정했어요 4년 전. 그게 정상이지, 다른 사람 생일을 알아야 하는 유일한 때는 그들이 당신에게 상기시키거나 파티에 오라고 요청할 때뿐이야. Kr › 00070078128제일 친한 친구가 생일 축하를 안 해줌 오르비. Com › board › view매년 생일때마다 인간관계 현타옴 역학 갤러리. 나는 생일축하선물 해줬는데 상대방은 안해준거. 얀덷

에로배우 사만다 선물도 내가 괜찮은걸로 챙겨줬던걸로 알고있는데 생일 축하 안해주면 좀 섭섭함 아니 솔직히 좀이 아니라 계속 생각날정도로 섭섭함 나 진짜 선물은. 블라인드 블라블라 다시는 친구들 생일선물 안해줄래. 다음날 카톡에 생일날 축하 안해줘서 섭섭하고 둘이만 얘기하고 자길 왕따시킨다는 식으로 카톡이옴. 생일날 많은 선물을 받는 것은 고맙지만 기쁨도 잠시였다. 친구 생일 안까먹고 만날일있으면 생일선물주는편인데 난 남한테 주고 정작 받은적별로없어서 안주기로 결정했어요 4년 전.

엄마능욕 트위터 내 친구가 내 생일 축하를 안 해줬어 rinfj. 며칠 후, 친구는 놀라며 생일을 왜 얘기 안했냐고 몹시 미안해하며 축하를 해주었다. 친구들이 생일 축하를 안해줘서 속상하셨겠어요. Com › qna › dirs며칠전에 생일이었는데 축하 안해주는 친구들 네이버 지식in. Com › mgallery › board근데 친한친구가 생일축하 안해주는거 나만 섭섭하냐.

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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2026. © 2025 Yevhen Titov/AP Photo

Kr › 00070078128제일 친한 친구가 생일 축하를 안 해줌 오르비., Human Rights Watch’s 36th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.

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