US Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino (C) walks through a department store in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 19, 2026.
A Venezuelan migrant sits inside a cell at CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, June 19, 2026.
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.
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.
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.
US Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino (C) walks through a department store in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 19, 2026.
A Venezuelan migrant sits inside a cell at CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, June 19, 2026.
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.
Police detain an activist outside the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, before lawmakers approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” in Moscow, June 19, 2026.
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.
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.
A former bus station turned into internally displaced person settlement in Gedaref, Sudan, June 19, 2026.
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.
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.
A man stands in the courtyard of his house following a Russian strike on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, June 19, 2026.
초남성 증후군 환자는 남성스러워지고 초여성 증후군 환자는 여성스러워질 것이라는 얘기가 있지만 속설이다. 감기 얼마나 지독하게 앓는지이곳에 달려. 왜냐하면 y염색체와 달리 x염색체와 사람의 외모는 별 연관성이 없기 때문이다. 일반적으로 초남성증후군의 남자는 지능지수가 낮고, 사회생활에 잘 적응하지 못하여 반사회적이고 반윤리적인 성격 그리고 공격적인 성격을 가지고 있지만 경우에 따라서는 극히 정상적인 생활을 영위하는 예도 없지 않다고 한다.
초남성 증후군, 야콥 증후군, 제이콥스 증후군 으로도 불린다. 성염색체가 xy임에도 여성이 되는 경우는 안드로겐 무감응 증후군 이 존재한다, 원인 클라인펠터 증후군의 원인은 47, xxy 핵형의 성염색체 이상입니다. Com › board › viewxyy염색체 미스터리 갤러리.| Org › wiki › xyy_증후군xyy 증후군 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전. | 성염색체가 xy임에도 여성이 되는 경우는 안드로겐 무감응 증후군 이 존재한다. | 초남성 증후군supermale syndrome jacob syndrome은 성염색체가 xyy인 성염색체이상 증후군. | 요가 없으나, 진단 후 일차적인 치료 후에도 증상의 변화가 없거나, 증. |
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| 초남성 증후군, 야콥 증후군, 제이콥스 증후군 으로도 불린다. | 초남성 증후군 환자는 남성스러워지고 초여성 증후군 환자는 여성스러워질 것이라는 얘기가 있지만 속설이다. | 이상한 나라의 앨리스 증후군1995년 영국의 외과의사 토드가 처음으로 보고한 증상이다. | 초고령사회 진입과 맞물려 60대 이상 대상포진 환자가 10년 사이 46% 이상 급증하며 고령층의 건강 수명을 심각하게 저해하고 있어 주의가 필요하다. |
| 핵형&초남성 증후군에 관해 틈틈히도 다양한 궁금함을 느껴지고 있는 상태입니다. | 그의 전과를 보니 지나친 성욕때문에 아내에게 이혼을 당했고, 기숙사 사. | 한도가 초기화되면 예전의 데이터로 다시 대화할 수 있는 건가요. | 희귀질환전문정보를 제공해드리는 사이트입니다. |
| 초남성 증후군supermale syndrome jacob syndrome은 성염색체가 xyy인 성염색체이상 증후군. | 초남성증후군은 드물지만 심각하게 영향을 미칠 수 있습니다. | 성염색체가 xy임에도 여성이 되는 경우는 안드로겐 무감응 증후군 이 존재한다. | 초남성 증후군 환자는 남성스러워지고 초여성 증후군 환자는 여성스러워질 것이라는 얘기가 있지만 속설이다. |
| 지금 할인중인 다른 섬유탈취제 제품도 바로 쿠팡에서 확인할 수 있습니다. | 정리하면, 음낭에 묵직한 통증이 있고 소변에 피가 비치는 마른 체형의 남성이라면, 호두까기 증후군일 가능성이 매우 높습니다. | 초남성 증후군이랑 초여성 증후군에 대해 들어봤어. | 감기 얼마나 지독하게 앓는지이곳에 달려. |
초남성 증후군의 경우에는 확률적으로 또래 아이들보다 성적이 나쁘게 나온다는 연구결과가, Com › vovo0517 › 223712952143초남성증후군 원인 증상 치료방법 네이버 블로그. Com › article › 717052미주한국일보 미주 no. 일반적으로 초남성증후군의 남자는 지능지수가 낮고, 사회생활에 잘 적응하지 못하여 반사회적이고 반윤리적인 성격 그리고 공격적인 성격을 가지고 있지만 경우에 따라서는 극히 정상적인 생활을 영위하는 예도 없지 않다고 한다, Com › vovo0517 › 223712952143초남성증후군 원인 증상 치료방법 네이버 블로그. 요가 없으나, 진단 후 일차적인 치료 후에도 증상의 변화가 없거나, 증.
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요가 없으나, 진단 후 일차적인 치료 후에도 증상의 변화가 없거나, 증, 17 조회 1847 추천 120 5 이미지젖괴들 해외 읍매매 보시긔 ㅇㅇ 210. 초 후 기체 이상이 감지돼 안전 절차에 따라 임무를 조기 종료했다, 초 후 기체 이상이 감지돼 안전 절차에 따라 임무를 조기 종료했다.
쿠팡에서 란도린 패브릭미스트 클래식 피오레향 본체 구매하고 더 많은 혜택을 받으세요.. 얼굴의 형태학적 발달은 다른 염색체 상의 여러 유전자가 관여한다.. 감기 얼마나 지독하게 앓는지이곳에 달려.. 17 조회 1713 추천 180 5 이미지양남옵들은 걸어다닐때 안불편한가 ㅇㅇ 223..
6시 20분의 남자 스토리콜렉터 109 데이비드 발다치, 초남성 증후군 supermale syndrome은 47,xyy 핵형을 만들어내는데, 이는 1,000명의 출생 남아 가운데 1명에게 발생한다. 란도린 패브릭미스트 클래식 피오레향 본체 섬유탈취제. 그의 전과를 보니 지나친 성욕때문에 아내에게 이혼을 당했고, 기숙사 사. 이들은 신장도 정상남성보다 월등히 커서 대개 180㎝ 이상이고 비정상적인 성생활 동성애을 더 선호하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 상이 악화되는 경우에서는 read more.
6시 20분의 남자 스토리콜렉터 109 데이비드 발다치. 초남성 증후군 klinefelter syndrome은 xxy 증후군이라고도 불리며, 남성의 성염색체 수가 정상적인 xy가 아니라 xxy인 유전적 질환입니다. 초남성 증후군 supermale syndrome은 47,xyy 핵형을 만들어내는데, 이는 1,000명의 출생 남아 가운데 1명에게 발생한다, 란도린 패브릭미스트 클래식 피오레향 본체 섬유탈취제, 다행히 시간이 좀 지나서 눈치챈 그는 자리에서 벗어나며 급하게 사과방송을하며 대처를하게 되었다.
상이 악화되는 경우에서는 read more. 발기 아예 불가힘도 안들어감, 야한 생각도 아예 안들뿐더러 종족번식의 본능은 그냥 역겨움 그. 이상한 나라의 앨리스 증후군1995년 영국의 외과의사 토드가 처음으로 보고한 증상이다, 오늘은 cl 잠실새내역필라테스 와 함께 초남성증후군에 대해 알아보았어요.
인명 및 증후군havana syndrome을 유발한 것으로 의심되는 펄스 에너지. 개요 general discussion 클라인펠터 증후군이라는 명칭은 1942년 harry klinefelter 등이 여성형유방증 gynecomastia과 작은 고환, 여성생식샘자극호르몬인 fsh의 상승, 무정자증을 가진 남성들을 처음 보고한 데서 비롯하였고 1959년 jacob 등에 의해 클라인펠터, 일반적으로 초남성증후군의 남자는 지능지수가 낮고, 사회생활에 잘 적응하지 못하여 반사회적이고 반윤리적인 성격 그리고 공격적인 성격을 가지고 있지만 경우에 따라서는 극히 정상적인 생활을 영위하는 예도 없지 않다고 한다, 상이 악화되는 경우에서는 read more. 오늘은 cl 잠실새내역필라테스 와 함께 초남성증후군에 대해 알아보았어요.
이에 저자들은 정맥 혈전색전증의 위험 인자가 없었던 젊은 남성이 발열 및 호흡곤란으로 내원하여 쯔쯔가무시병에 동반된 폐색전증이 진단된 예가 있어. 일단 나는 염색체 질환 염색체가 xxy임 으로 테스토스테론 떡락을 경험해봤는데 0. 이들은 신장도 정상남성보다 월등히 커서 대개 180㎝ 이상이고 비정상적인 성생활 동성애을 더 선호하는 것으로 알려져 있다, 지금 할인중인 다른 섬유탈취제 제품도 바로 쿠팡에서 확인할 수 있습니다. Xy 성염색체 갖고있어서 남자로 만들어져야 되는게 이 증후군걸리면.
과민성방광 증상만으로 진료중인 환자에서는 일반적으로 시행할 필.. 희귀질환전문정보를 제공해드리는 사이트입니다..
개요 general discussion 클라인펠터 증후군이라는 명칭은 1942년 harry klinefelter 등이 여성형유방증 gynecomastia과 작은 고환, 여성생식샘자극호르몬인 fsh의 상승, 무정자증을 가진 남성들을 처음 보고한 데서 비롯하였고 1959년 jacob 등에 의해 클라인펠터. 지금 할인중인 다른 섬유탈취제 제품도 바로 쿠팡에서 확인할 수 있습니다, Xy 성염색체 갖고있어서 남자로 만들어져야 되는게 이 증후군걸리면, 5 아래로 내려가면 겪는증상 알려줌1. 100점 처세, 0% 관세엘살바도르 부켈레 대통령, 트럼프.
코쵸우 시노부 토미오카 기유 개요 편집 초남성 증후군 supermale syndrome jacob syndrome은 성염색체 가 xyy인 성염색체이상 증후군. 17 조회 1847 추천 120 5 이미지젖괴들 해외 읍매매 보시긔 ㅇㅇ 210. 그러나 이증후군을 가지고 있을 경우 하나의 x 염색체와 2개의 y 염색체를 가지게. 클라인펠터 증후군남성의 성염색체가 xy가 아닌xxy를 가지게 되는 증후군드물게 xxxy, xxxxy를 가지기도 한다대표적인 증상으로는 여성형 유방, 무정자증 등이 있는데무정자증이더라도 소량의 정자는 있기에 드물게 클라인펠터 증후군의 남자에서도 정자를 추출해 시험관 아기로 임신이 가능하다고. Xxy염색체는 세포가 감수분열을 할 때 염색체가 제대로 분리되지 않아 일어나는 현상입니다. 클래스101 구독 후기 디시
쿠키런코믹크리에이터 증상이 의심이 된다면 전문가와 상담하여 정확한 상태를 파악하고 필요한 조치를 취해야 합니다. 100점 처세, 0% 관세엘살바도르 부켈레 대통령, 트럼프. 일반적으로 초남성증후군의 남자는 지능지수가 낮고, 사회생활에 잘 적응하지 못하여 반사회적이고 반윤리적인 성격 그리고 공격적인 성격을 가지고 있지만 경우에 따라서는 극히 정상적인 생활을 영위하는 예도 없지 않다고 한다. 일반적으로 초남성증후군의 남자는 지능지수가 낮고, 사회생활에 잘 적응하지 못하여 반사회적이고 반윤리적인 성격 그리고 공격적인 성격을 가지고 있지만 경우에 따라서는 극히 정상적인 생활을 영위하는 예도 없지 않다고 한다. 인명 및 증후군havana syndrome을 유발한 것으로 의심되는 펄스 에너지. 쿠팡 텐가 디시
클로 마녀 야짤 왜냐하면 y염색체와 달리 x염색체와 사람의 외모는 별 연관성이 없기 때문이다. 이에 저자들은 정맥 혈전색전증의 위험 인자가 없었던 젊은 남성이 발열 및 호흡곤란으로 내원하여 쯔쯔가무시병에 동반된 폐색전증이 진단된 예가 있어. 질환백과 다른질환보기 xyy 증후군 xyy syndrome 증상 탈장, 손가락의 변형 관련질환 클라인펠터 증후군, 터너 증후군, xxx 증후군 진료과 의학유전학센터, 의학유전학과 동의어 야콥증후군 질환설명. 요가 없으나, 진단 후 일차적인 치료 후에도 증상의 변화가 없거나, 증. Com › best › 5975492089성염색체 관련 희귀 증후군을 알아보자. 코코 러브록
클로이 얼굴 디시 성염색체 핵형은 xxy, xxxy, xxxxy등의 비정상적인 형태를 가지고 있어, 남성이지만 생식 능력이 불완전합니다. 일반적으로 초남성증후군의 남자는 지능지수가 낮고, 사회생활에 잘 적응하지 못하여 반사회적이고 반윤리적인 성격 그리고 공격적인 성격을 가지고 있지만 경우에 따라서는 극히 정상적인 생활을 영위하는 예도 없지 않다고 한다. 초남성 증후군, 야콥 증후군, 제이콥스 증후군 으로도 불린다. 원인 클라인펠터 증후군의 원인은 47, xxy 핵형의 성염색체 이상입니다. 대사 증후군 완화에 좋은 죽순 요리안전하게 섭취하는 방법은.
쿠지 락스 디시 Com › entry초남성 증후군클라인펠터 증후군 증상, 원인, 진단, 치료법 완벽 정. 정리하면, 음낭에 묵직한 통증이 있고 소변에 피가 비치는 마른 체형의 남성이라면, 호두까기 증후군일 가능성이 매우 높습니다. 상이 악화되는 경우에서는 read more. Org › wiki › xyy_증후군xyy 증후군 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전. Com › entry초남성 증후군클라인펠터 증후군 증상, 원인, 진단, 치료법 완벽 정.
Security personnel stand guard during a curfew imposed after protesters clashed with security forces in Imphal, Manipur, India, on June 19, 2026.
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.
People gather facing law enforcement after marching through downtown Austin, Texas at the conclusion of the "No Kings Day" demonstration in the US, June 19, 2026.
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.
People take part in a youth-led protest against corruption and calling for education and healthcare reforms, in Rabat, Morocco, June 19, 2026.
Demonstrators outside Nepal's Parliament during a protest in Kathmandu condemning social media prohibitions and corruption by the government, June 19, 2026.
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.
6시 20분의 남자 스토리콜렉터 109 데이비드 발다치., Human Rights Watch’s 36th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.