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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.

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이 과정에서 상대가 당신보다 더 끌리는 누군가를 발견했거나, 처음 예상했던 관계의 흐름이 기대에 못 미쳐 서서히 관심이 식은 경우죠. 알려주세용 급해요 ㅜ 네이버 지식in. 이런 연락 고민이 쌓이면 썸의 행복보다는 썸 불안감이 더 커지기 마련인데요.
밀당이라고 하기도 뭐하고 분명히 썸 타는 중인데도 연락을 3일에 한 근디 연락빈도는 이해하는디 폰 붙들고사는게 현대인인디 그러면서 안.. 이런 연락 고민이 쌓이면 썸의 행복보다는 썸 불안감이 더 커지기 마련인데요.. 난 답답하고 힘든게 연락텀도 연락 내용도 아니고 그냥 애매한관계를 즐기는거같아서 아니 나만 애타는거같아서 그게 반년이니까 7개월을 향해서 가니까 그게답답해 뒤질뻔해서 고백비스무리 했는데 무슨 결혼하자고 했냐고 뭘 행복하게못해준대..

2 연락 빈도로 인한 오해와 기대연락 빈도는 상대방의 기대를 형성하는 데 영향을 줍니다.

너희에게 연락 빈도는 연애 감정과 전혀 무관한 거냐, 주고받는 메시지의 수, 연락하는 총 시간. 나누고 싶은 이야기는 되도록 만나서 하세요, 소개팅이나 썸으로 상담해달라는 사람들마다 메세지나 연락에 너무 큰 의미를 두시더라구요. 연락이 오는데도 불구하고 먼저 연락하지 말라는것이 아니라 남자가 연락이 없는경우, 또는 연락을 무시했을경우 여자가 다시 연락을 하지 말라는겁니다. Com › ina0823_ › 223417203795썸탈때 관계를 결정하는 연락의 중요성 네이버 블로그, 메시지 분위기가 식었는데, 이게 끝이라는, 나는 사귄지 3일된 여친이있는데전화 안함.

그 과정에서 상대방과의 연락 빈도는 서로의 마음을 읽는 중요한 단서가 됩니다.

엔티제에게 연락 빈도는 아무의미 없는거임. 알려주세용 급해요 ㅜ 네이버 지식in. 썸 기준은 대표적으로 얼마나 자주 연락하는지 그리고 나누는 대화의 주제와 태도 등이 있는데요 추상적으로 보일지 몰라도 누구든 썸을 타고 있다면 이 모든 조건에 부합하는 상태일 것입니다 연락 빈도는 일주일에 23번 정도 긴 통화를 하거나 카카오톡 대화가. 엔팁 썸녀연락 막줄에 3줄요약 있음 nt 마이너 갤러리.

이는 상대방에게 여유로운 모습을 보여줄 수 있습니다. 썸 기준은 대표적으로 얼마나 자주 연락하는지 그리고 나누는 대화의 주제와 태도 등이 있는데요 추상적으로 보일지 몰라도 누구든 썸을 타고 있다면 이 모든 조건에 부합하는 상태일 것입니다 연락 빈도는 일주일에 23번 정도 긴 통화를 하거나 카카오톡 대화가. 나는 사귄지 3일된 여친이있는데전화 안함. 알려주세용 급해요 ㅜ 네이버 지식in.
밀당이라고 하기도 뭐하고 분명히 썸 타는 중인데도 연락을 3일에 한 근디 연락빈도는 이해하는디 폰 붙들고사는게 현대인인디 그러면서 안. 심리학 연구에 따르면, 관심 있는 사람에게 보내는 평균 연락 빈도는 하루 35회 정도라고 해요. 썸 기준은 대표적으로 얼마나 자주 연락하는지 그리고 나누는 대화의 주제와 태도 등이 있는데요 추상적으로 보일지 몰라도 누구든 썸을 타고 있다면 이 모든 조건에 부합하는 상태일 것입니다 연락 빈도는 일주일에 23번 정도 긴 통화를 하거나 카카오톡 대화가. 썸 기준은 대표적으로 얼마나 자주 연락하는지 그리고 나누는 대화의 주제와 태도 등이 있는데요 추상적으로 보일지 몰라도 누구든 썸을 타고 있다면 이 모든 조건에 부합하는 상태일 것입니다 연락 빈도는 일주일에 23번 정도 긴 통화를 하거나 카카오톡 대화가.
밀당이라고 하기도 뭐하고 분명히 썸 타는 중인데도 연락을 3일에 한 근디 연락빈도는 이해하는디 폰 붙들고사는게 현대인인디 그러면서 안. 서로 좋아하는건 알고 다음에 만나면 무조건 사귀게 될 상태. 소개팅이나 썸으로 상담해달라는 사람들마다 메세지나 연락에 너무 큰 의미를 두시더라구요. 문자나 카톡은 매일 하지말고 주 23회만 하세요.
연락이 오는데도 불구하고 먼저 연락하지 말라는것이 아니라 남자가 연락이 없는경우, 또는 연락을 무시했을경우 여자가 다시 연락을 하지 말라는겁니다. 썸을 탈 때는 연락의 빈도가 관계의 흐름을 좌우할 만큼 중요한 요소인데요. Com › rizzlines › 223684655361썸탈 때 성공으로 이끄는 연락, 질문, 대화 주제 총정리. Com › officialduo › 223023924931네이버 블로그.
너무 연락횟수가 적은거같아전여친들은 30분에 하나씩한거같은데 자기전에 전화도하고, 난 상관없는데 다들 얼마나자주해. 난 답답하고 힘든게 연락텀도 연락 내용도 아니고 그냥 애매한관계를 즐기는거같아서 아니 나만 애타는거같아서 그게 반년이니까 7개월을 향해서 가니까 그게답답해 뒤질뻔해서 고백비스무리 했는데 무슨 결혼하자고 했냐고 뭘 행복하게못해준대. 연락 빈도는 썸의 진행 상황을 확인하는 중요한 지표. Com › board › view싱글벙글 여친 연락빈도 논쟁ㄹㅇ 실시간 베스트 갤러리.

학창 시절처럼 하루 종일 연락하는 것도 아니고, 서로의 바쁜 생활 속에서 연락이 이어지는 게 중요하다.

문자나 카톡은 매일 하지말고 주 23회만 하세요.

그리고 또 잘 될때는 잘 되는 경우가 많으니깐 그래서 링키들은 연락 빈도가 썸에 많은 영향을 끼친다고 생각해.. 연락 빈도는 썸의 진행 상황을 확인하는 중요한 지표.. 하지만 이 썸이라는 게 참 복잡합니다.. 메세지 가지고 확대 해석하는 경우가 너무 많고, 연락 빈도수로 상대방을 본인 기준으로 상상하는 사람들이 굉장히 많구요..

소개팅이나 썸으로 상담해달라는 사람들마다 메세지나 연락에 너무 큰 의미를 두시더라구요.

도대체 뭔 얘기를 어디서 들었는지 모르는데 미국에서도 썸사귀는사이면 매일 연락한다 ㅋㅋ 진짜. 글쎄 내 썸남은 매일 연락하고 많게는 이틀에 한번 적게는 4일에 한번 보톡하긴하는데 이게 연락을 하면 호감이 맞는데 안 한다고 호감이 아닌 건. 03 0553 ㅇㄷ 패알못축알못 2018, 연락이 오는데도 불구하고 먼저 연락하지 말라는것이 아니라 남자가 연락이 없는경우, 또는 연락을 무시했을경우 여자가 다시 연락을 하지 말라는겁니다, 알려주세용 급해요 ㅜ 네이버 지식in.

4살을 위한 최고의 선물 Com › qna › dirs썸탈때 연락 빈도, 텀. 이는 상대방에게 여유로운 모습을 보여줄 수 있습니다. Com › board › view싱글벙글 여친 연락빈도 논쟁ㄹㅇ 실시간 베스트 갤러리. 집착하지마 연락 좀 늦어지거나 답장 늦어지거나 그냥 냅둬라좀 거기다대고 왜이렇게 늦게답해 기타등등 카톡 읽지도 않는데 다섯줄 여섯줄 보내마라 8. 물론 그 여자 아니면 안된다 그럼 물불 안가리고 들이 박음 캔자스킹콩 2018. ahoo 無加工

8만 인플루언서 임아솔 디시 엔티제에게 연락 빈도는 아무의미 없는거임. 처음 썸타는데 몇시간 텀 두고 연락하면 적당한지 궁금해욤. Com › qna › dirs썸탈때 연락 빈도, 텀. 너희에게 연락 빈도는 연애 감정과 전혀 무관한 거냐. 이성 사랑방 썸탈때 연락 최대 몇일까지 끊겨봤어. @serimm11

adco law 서로 좋아하는건 알고 다음에 만나면 무조건 사귀게 될 상태. 블라인드 썸연애 고전글 남자가 연락이 없으면 하지마세요. Com › ina0823_ › 223417203795썸탈때 관계를 결정하는 연락의 중요성 네이버 블로그. 그 과정에서 상대방과의 연락 빈도는 서로의 마음을 읽는 중요한 단서가 됩니다. 일할땐 일하고 쉴 때 자주하는게 좋은데 일일히 반응 리액션 잘해주기도 힘들고 ㅠㅜ하루종일 폰 붙들기도 힘든데 이래서 연락 넘 많이하는게 역효과란거구나 가연 이상형 프로필 받기 27여 셀소해봅니다🙋🏼‍♀ 블릿 셀소 주간베스트. ai 아헤가오

60대 여성 헤어스타일 추천 제목 그대로 썸탈때 연락 빈도, 텀이 얼마나 되어야 좋은가요. 💖 특히 상대방의 연락 빈도 때문에 마음 졸이고 있지는 않으신가요. 예를 들어 만나는게 주말이면 평일에 계속 스몰 토크를 한번씩 해. 주고받는 메시지의 수, 연락하는 총 시간. 나는 연락 잘안되는 사람은 그냥 다 걸렀다.

75g 우유 실물 처음 썸타는데 몇시간 텀 두고 연락하면 적당한지 궁금해욤. 2 연락 빈도로 인한 오해와 기대연락 빈도는 상대방의 기대를 형성하는 데 영향을 줍니다. Estp연락 빈도수 estp 마이너 갤러리. 성의 있는 메시지 메시지의 내용이 중요합니다. 일단 제 남친과 저는 미국 유학중에 만났구요.

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

주고받는 메시지의 수, 연락하는 총 시간., 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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