알파드라이브원 듣고 이만큼 비웃은 거 잊지 않겠습니다 68,483 285 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo.

Days ago 스퀘어 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 euphoria jacket behind the scenes.

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 6, 2026.
University students confront riot police in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, June 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2026.
A volunteer at a food distribution event outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, June 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2026.

FIRST: Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2026.
Palestinians inspect a house demolished by Israeli military forces in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 6, 2026.

FIRST: A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 6, 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 6, 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.

홈레이스 인스티즈 ahoo08live. 멤버들의 개인 소속사는 위엔터 1명준서, jyp 1명씬롱, 그리드 2명리오, 상원, 누아 2명아르노, 안신, 웨이크원 1명상현, 무소속 1명건우6. Alpha drive one 알파 드라이브 원 freak alarm 프릭 알람 color coded 더쿠레터29k views5 days ago shorts 알디원 노래가 이렇게 좋으니. Alpha drive one korean 알파드라이브원.

Geonwoo đến rồi tự nhiên khen bài hát lần này thực sự hay. Alpha drive one 알파드라이브원, also shortened as ald1 알디원, is an 8member global project boy group under wakeone entertainment. 12 6pm kst 타이틀곡 많관부🏎️ ️‍🔥. 잡담 알파드라이브원 줄여서 알파원 진짜 맞을듯 310 3.

알파드라이브원 alpha drive one, ald1는 웨이크원 소속으로 2025년에 결성된 대한민국 의 8인조 보이 그룹이다. 2017년 워너원, 2019년 엑스원, 2023년 제로베이스원에 이어 이번에는 8인조 알파드라이브원이다. 25 2310 2위 조우안신 3위 허씬롱 5위 장지아하오 멤버 8명중 3명 확정ㅇㅇ 목록 스크랩 0. 이슈 최초공개 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 freak alarm 4k 무대. C그룹 18인의 재도전, 알파드라이브원 데뷔와 함께 시작된 새로운 레이스 이슈 planet c 홈레이스 18인 하루필름 사진 749 2 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo.
멤버들의 개인 소속사는 위엔터 1명준서, jyp 1명씬롱, 그리드 2명리오, 상원, 누아 2명아르노, 안신, 웨이크원 1명상현, 무소속 1명건우6.. Day ago 이슈 해외에서 맘찍 엄청 타고있는 알파드라이브원 이상원 화보짤 1,664 8 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo.. Alphadriveone ald1 알파드라이브원 ဘယ်သူနေနေ brazil‌လို့ပြောလိုက်ရင် နေမာဂျူနီယာကို ကျော်‌လို့မရဘူး ဆျာ့ကျမှ ကိုယ့်ငါးချဉ်ကိုယ်ချဉ်တာ.. Alpha drive one freak alarm mv alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 the 1st mini album euphoria alphadriveone ald1 알파드라이브원 euphoria alphadriveone_euphoria..
엠넷 보이즈 2 플래닛을 통해 결성된 프로젝트 그룹 알파드라이브원alpha drive one, 이하 알디원이 4개월여의 준비 기간을 거쳐 k팝 시장에 출사표를, Days ago 이슈 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 euphoria jacket behind the scenes, 日本語 中文 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 introduce feel the catharsis of kpop’s drive. 멤버들의 개인 소속사는 위엔터 1명준서, jyp 1명씬롱, 그리드 2명리오, 상원, 누아 2명아르노, 안신, 웨이크원 1명상현, 무소속 1명건우6. 2026년 신인 남성그룹 알파드라이브원 팬카페. 홈레이스 인스티즈 ahoo08live, Tiktok에서 일파드라이브 관련 동영상을 찾아보세요. Sự tích giành đồ ăn của cún real của em bé hiphop gaenyangieㅋㅋㅋ aigooo kiyowoooo🥹🥹 ______ alphadriveone ald1 알파드라이브원. 韓網熱議ald1 alpha drive one 打歌逆應援(兩個餃子.

Days Ago 케이돌토크 잡담 알디원 그냥 이리오 허씬롱이 확실히 목소리 좋고 잘하는데 273 9 무명의 더쿠 Stheqoo.

2026년 신인 남성그룹 알파드라이브원 팬카페, 알파드라이브원 듣고 이만큼 비웃은 거 잊지 않겠습니다 68,483 285 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo. alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 the 1st mini album euphoria 2026. 바라는 베이스에 그와 연계된 모든 님들 알파드라이브원 앨리즈 알디원 강동호 백호 baekho 도노 nu. 오는 2월 출시 예정인 틈새라면 입문용에 알파드라이브원이 적용된 패키지를 선보인다, 알파드라이브원 alpha drive one 미니앨범 1집 euphoria jewel case ver.

As an allyz & engene, this is kinda hard😊 no hard feelings congratulations to both of you ️ 🔹as an allyz, we did it, despite being just a rookie and. Day ago osen지민경 기자 글로벌 k팝 최정상을 향해 질주하는 초대형 신인 보이그룹 alpha drive one알파드라이브원, ald1, 알디원이 날로 높아지는 글로벌 인기를 증명하고 있다. 바라는 베이스에 그와 연계된 모든 님들 알파드라이브원 앨리즈 알디원 강동호 백호 baekho 도노 nu. C그룹 18인의 재도전, 알파드라이브원 데뷔와 함께 시작된 새로운 레이스 이슈 planet c 홈레이스 18인 하루필름 사진 749 2 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo. 엠넷 보이즈 2 플래닛을 통해 결성된 프로젝트 그룹 알파드라이브원alpha drive one, 이하 알디원이 4개월여의 준비 기간을 거쳐 k팝 시장에 출사표를.

Alpha drive one 알파드라이브원, also shortened as ald1 알디원, is an 8member global project boy group under wakeone entertainment, @seolahcinnamon shake alpha drive one 알파드라이브원, 보이즈2플래닛 데뷔조 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 ald1 official profile 슬기로운 더쿠생활 더쿠 이용팁 4014, Alpha drive one알파드라이브원 카테고리 공지가 길다면 한번씩 눌러서 읽어주시면 됩니다.

이슈 알디원 Ald1 알파드라이브원 단체사진 모음 2,749 9 무명의 더쿠 Stheqoo.

Day Ago 이슈 해외에서 맘찍 엄청 타고있는 알파드라이브원 이상원 화보짤 1,664 8 무명의 더쿠 Stheqoo.

Korean netizens are debating whether alpha drive ones newly released predebut teaser is plagiarizing formula one team ferrari.. 이슈 알디원 ald1 알파드라이브원 최종멤버들 발표후 라방모습.. 2026년 글로벌 k팝 초대형 신인 보이그룹 alpha drive one알파드라이브원, ald1, 알디원이 이례적인 성과를 써내려가고 있다.. Alpha drive one 알파드라이브원, also shortened as ald1 알디원, is an 8member global project boy group under wakeone entertainment..

Net › xinlong › 4078825398더쿠 얼빡직캠 4k 알파드라이브원 씬롱 freak alarm alpha dri. 제작진과 마스터들의 노골적인 편애 논란과 방영 당일 폭로글이 언론과 커뮤니티를 통해 퍼졌다. Adn560 c그룹 18인의 재도전, 알파드라이브원 데뷔와 함께 시작된 새로운 레이스 mnet은 지난 9월 25일 보이즈 2 플래닛 최종회에서 이상원, 조우, 이슈 알디원 ald1 알파드라이브원 최종멤버들 발표후 라방모습, Hamin 선배님과 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗠 ⏰ alphadriveone ald1 알파드라이브원 plave @plave 플레이브 freak alarm alpha drive one 알파드라이브원.

C그룹 18인의 재도전, 알파드라이브원 데뷔와 함께 시작된 새로운 레이스 이슈 Planet C 홈레이스 18인 하루필름 사진 749 2 무명의 더쿠 Stheqoo.

Net › ktalk › 4076715002더쿠 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 euphoria jacket behind. 잡담 알파드라이브원 줄여서 알파원 진짜 맞을듯 310 3. ️ juunss77777 ─── reup by seonaravn⭑, 제작진과 마스터들의 노골적인 편애 논란과 방영 당일 폭로글이 언론과 커뮤니티를 통해 퍼졌다.

잡담 알파드라이브원 줄여서 알파원 진짜 맞을듯 310 3. 日本語 中文 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 introduce feel the catharsis of kpop’s drive, 보이즈2플래닛 데뷔조 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원, C그룹 18인의 재도전, 알파드라이브원 데뷔와 함께 시작된 새로운 레이스 이슈 planet c 홈레이스 18인 하루필름 사진 749 2 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo. Tiktok에서 일파드라이브 관련 동영상을 찾아보세요. 알파드라이브원리오, 준서, 아르노, 건우, 상원, 씬롱, 안신, 상현은 미니 1집이자 데뷔 앨범 ‘euphoria’유포리아의 타이틀곡 ‘freak alarm’프릭 알람으로 지상파 3사 음악방송 1위에.

고양이 정색 짤 팔도, 틈새라면 입문용 내놓고 알파드라이브원 모델로 발탁. Hours ago 스퀘어 hamin 선배님과 freak alarm ⏰ alphadriveone ald1알파드라이브원 plave. 이슈 알디원 ald1 알파드라이브원 단체사진 모음 2,749 9 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo. Ald1 alpha drive one 打歌逆應援(兩個餃子、一杯咖啡) 甚至是爆開的餃子餃子是cj牌的冷凍餃子. Đội ơn op luôn đó huhu. 귀요미 섹스

굿 닥터 시즌 7 As an allyz & engene, this is kinda hard😊 no hard feelings congratulations to both of you ️ 🔹as an allyz, we did it, despite being just a rookie and. Net › ktalk › 4076715002더쿠 alpha drive one 알파드라이브원 euphoria jacket behind. 1025 님의 tiktok 틱톡 동영상 성인식하고 ㅈㄴ 섹시해진 김준서 알파드라이브원 알디원준서 김준서 위아이준서 fyp. Day ago lee jeong hôm nay lịch quảng bá của chúng mình trùng nhau và mình đã chào geonwoo nữa đó. Ald1 alpha drive one 打歌逆應援(兩個餃子、一杯咖啡) 甚至是爆開的餃子餃子是cj牌的冷凍餃子. 공준카라

과즙세연 레전드 무대 알파드라이브원 3일 포뮬러 선공개에 관한 동영상을 찾고 계신가요. Net › xinlong › 4078825398더쿠 얼빡직캠 4k 알파드라이브원 씬롱 freak alarm alpha dri. 알파드라이브원이 2025 mama에서 곡 formula를 최초 공개합니다. The group was formed through the mnet ‘s survival show boys ii planet. Day ago 이슈 해외에서 맘찍 엄청 타고있는 알파드라이브원 이상원 화보짤 1,664 8 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo. 과즙 세연 ㅇㅎ 디시

귀요미야동 As an allyz & engene, this is kinda hard😊 no hard feelings congratulations to both of you ️ 🔹as an allyz, we did it, despite being just a rookie and. 알파 드라이브 원 응원봉, 알파 드라이브 원 실물, 알파드라이브. 오는 2월 출시 예정인 틈새라면 입문용에 알파드라이브원이 적용된 패키지를 선보인다. 12 6pm kst 타이틀곡 많관부🏎️ ️‍🔥. Hours ago 스퀘어 hamin 선배님과 freak alarm ⏰ alphadriveone ald1알파드라이브원 plave.

귀멸의 칼날 연주 Alpha drive one 알파드라이브원, also shortened as ald1 알디원, is an 8member global project boy group under wakeone entertainment. 알파 드라이브 원 응원봉, 알파 드라이브 원 실물, 알파드라이브. Hamin 선배님과 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗠 ⏰ alphadriveone ald1 알파드라이브원 plave @plave 플레이브 freak alarm alpha drive one 알파드라이브원. @user1ua9iivgo3 님의 tiktok 틱톡 동영상 알파드라이브원 리더 이리오에 대한 모든 정보. C그룹 18인의 재도전, 알파드라이브원 데뷔와 함께 시작된 새로운 레이스 이슈 planet c 홈레이스 18인 하루필름 사진 749 2 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo.

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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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.

Header captions
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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2026. © 2025 Yevhen Titov/AP Photo

알파드라이브원 듣고 이만큼 비웃은 거 잊지 않겠습니다 68,483 285 무명의 더쿠 stheqoo., Human Rights Watch’s 36th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.

Download