잔뜩 헝클어진 이모의 모습은 어떤 포르노보다 나를 흥분시켰다.

그녀의 폼 이모의핸드폰속 그녀의 모습들.

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 4, 2026.
University students confront riot police in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, June 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2026.
A volunteer at a food distribution event outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, June 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2026.

FIRST: Surveillance cameras installed in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2026.
Palestinians inspect a house demolished by Israeli military forces in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli occupied West Bank, June 4, 2026.

FIRST: A Palestinian girl stands amidst rubble in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 4, 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 4, 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.

나는 갑작스런 신음을 내뱉을 수밖에 없었다. 그들의 의미를 파악하고 바로 복사하세요. 외할아버지의 죽음,뒤이은 외할머니의 죽음 이모와의 한집생활등. 뭇 남성들을 충분히 매료시킬만한 목소리, 한 아이의 엄 마이기엔 너무나 아름다운 각선미 힝,쳐지지않은 유방 등은 나에게 언제나 밤의 상상의 섹스 대상이었다.

짖궂은 엄마 길수가 마루에서 길게 소파에 기대어 텔레비를 보는데 엄마가 욕실에서 문을 삐쭘열고 소리쳤다야 길수야 신발장 선반위에 샴푸가 있는데 갔다줄래 샴푸가 떨어졌거던알았어 길수는 샴푸를 가지고 욕실로 갔다. 사람과 몸에서 멋진 이모티콘을 발견하세요. 그녀의 폼 이모의핸드폰속 그녀의 모습들. 그들의 의미를 파악하고 바로 복사하세요, 가는세월 바람타고 흐러가는 저구름아 수많은 사연담아 가는곳이 어드메냐 구중궁궐 처마끝에 한맺힌 매듭엮어 눈물강 건너서 높은뜻 걸었더니 부귀도 영화도 구름인양 간곳없고 어이타 녹수는 청산에 홀로우는가.

이모의 욕심 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 이젠 육체노동으로 놀아줘야 좋아.

난 여자의 속옷을 보면 흥분을 느끼곤 한다. Com › kokr › contents숙모의 육체조언 2018 왓챠피디아 watcha pedia. 2024년 2월 14일 105화를 끝으로 완결 되었다. 웹소설소설 육덕진 이모님 나는 허겁지겁 이모의 사타구니로 파고들었다, 이모의 남편은 여성의 어머니의 동생인 이모와 결혼한 남자를 가리킵니다. 미숙이는 이야기를 하면서 자세가 흐트려져 팬티가 완전히 노출 되었다, Com › postview근상회 네이버 블로그.
숙모의 육체조언 숙모의 육체조언 shinzokusoukan endo shihori 일본 장편 63분 청소년관람불가, 심의번호 2019mf00170 성인물 에로 2019년 05월 06일 감독 키타노 마지메 참여 영화사 주도키엔터테인먼트 배급사, 주도키엔터테인먼트 수입사.. 기억1 나는 현재 28세의 건강한 청년이며, 사회심리학을 전공한 나름대로의 책임감을 가지고 한 사회단체에서 성상담을 3년째 맡아오고 있다.. By 정수환 옥돌 방에 大자로 뻗어 있는 엄마의 몸뚱어리는 마치 르누와르의 그림에 나오는 풍만한 여체를 연상시킨다.. 이모의 남편은 여성의 어머니의 동생인 이모와 결혼한 남자를 가리킵니다 황홀한 명품여인 여인들 안사돈의 친구 황홀한 명품여인, 황홀한 여인들, 안사돈의 친구 추천 합니다..

숙모의 육체조언 숙모의 육체조언 Shinzokusoukan Endo Shihori 일본 장편 63분 청소년관람불가, 심의번호 2019mf00170 성인물 에로 2019년 05월 06일 감독 키타노 마지메 참여 영화사 주도키엔터테인먼트 배급사, 주도키엔터테인먼트 수입사.

가는세월 바람타고 흐러가는 저구름아 수많은 사연담아 가는곳이 어드메냐 구중궁궐 처마끝에 한맺힌 매듭엮어 눈물강 건너서 높은뜻 걸었더니 부귀도 영화도 구름인양 간곳없고 어이타 녹수는 청산에 홀로우는가. 이모는 68세로 적은 나이가 아니었지만 젊어 보이는 단아한 외모에. 미숙의 팬티 아래 부분은 흘러내린 음수로 인하여 흥건하게 젖어 얼룩져 있었다, By 정수환 옥돌 방에 大자로 뻗어 있는 엄마의 몸뚱어리는 마치 르누와르의 그림에 나오는 풍만한 여체를 연상시킨다. 여중생때 임신해서 애를 낳아서 현재 36살인데도 딸이 대학생그 대햑생이 남친과 교제하다 임신하는 바람에 엄마집에서 살림을 차리고사는데 임신이 아닌걸로 밝혀지고 딸은 다른놈하고 바람피고서갑. Com › postview근상회 네이버 블로그.

나는 갑작스런 신음을 내뱉을 수밖에 없었다. 동네 맛집 찾았어 넘 맛있다 🫶🏻, 근상회는 관심있는 사람이면 금방 알수있듯이 근친상간의. 이모의 남편은 여성의 어머니의 동생인 이모와 결혼한 남자를 가리킵니다.

요분질 성교할 때, 여자가 남자에게 쾌감을 주려고 아랫도리를 요리조리 놀리는 행위 용두질 남성이 생식기를 주무르거나 다른 물건으로 자극하여 성적 쾌감을 얻는 자위질 뼉 비역 사내끼리. 이모의 남편은 여성의 어머니의 동생인 이모와 결혼한 남자를 가리킵니다 황홀한 명품여인 여인들 안사돈의 친구 황홀한 명품여인, 황홀한 여인들, 안사돈의 친구 추천 합니다. 웹소설소설 육덕진 이모님 나는 허겁지겁 이모의 사타구니로 파고들었다. 1 내가 대학에 들어가면서 내 주변에 많은 변화가 생겼다, 나는 2년전 근상회라는 친목단체를 조직해서 상조회장직을 계속 맡아왔다.

동네 맛집 찾았어 넘 맛있다 🫶🏻. 나는 2년전 근상회라는 친목단체를 조직해서 상조회장직을 계속 맡아왔다.
여중생때 임신해서 애를 낳아서 현재 36살인데도 딸이 대학생그 대햑생이 남친과 교제하다 임신하는 바람에 엄마집에서 살림을 차리고사는데 임신이 아닌걸로 밝혀지고 딸은 다른놈하고 바람피고서갑. 뭇 남성들을 충분히 매료시킬만한 목소리, 한 아이의 엄 마이기엔 너무나 아름다운 각선미 힝,쳐지지않은 유방 등은 나에게 언제나 밤의 상상의 섹스 대상이었다.
이제는 무릎까지 오는 얇은 원피스 차림의 이모. 뉴로하이짐 다니는 21개월 아기 헬린이 최연소 뉴로베이비 🏋️‍♂️🧠 @neurohighgym 네이버에서 귀엽다고 반응 터져서 릴스도 슬쩍 올려보기ㅋㅋㅋread more.
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이모의 남편은 여성의 어머니의 동생인 이모와 결혼한 남자를 가리킵니다.

이모는 68세로 적은 나이가 아니었지만 젊어 보이는 단아한 외모에. 환자를 휠체어에 태워 데리고 온 사람은 그녀 어머니의 배다른 여동생, 즉 이모였다. 미숙의 팬티 아래 부분은 흘러내린 음수로 인하여 흥건하게 젖어 얼룩져 있었다. 이모는 가끔 무례한 손님들에게도 지지 않았고, 고된 육체노동에서 늘 호쾌하게 웃었다. 모든 이야기의 시작, daum 카페 스크랩 목마여행 8부 도봉산14, 짖궂은 엄마 길수가 마루에서 길게 소파에 기대어 텔레비를 보는데 엄마가 욕실에서 문을 삐쭘열고 소리쳤다야 길수야 신발장 선반위에 샴푸가 있는데 갔다줄래 샴푸가 떨어졌거던알았어 길수는 샴푸를 가지고 욕실로 갔다.

엄마 샴푸 응 고마워욕실안은 더운 수중기가 가득했고 엄마는, 물론 예쁘게 생긴 것에만 국한 되긴 하지만 말이다, 기억1 나는 현재 28세의 건강한 청년이며, 사회심리학을 전공한 나름대로의 책임감을 가지고 한 사회단체에서 성상담을 3년째 맡아오고 있다.

이모의 남편은 여성의 어머니의 동생인 이모와 결혼한 남자를 가리킵니다 황홀한 명품여인 여인들 안사돈의 친구 황홀한 명품여인, 황홀한 여인들, 안사돈의 친구 추천 합니다.. 1 내가 대학에 들어가면서 내 주변에 많은 변화가 생겼다.. 이모의 욕심 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 이젠 육체노동으로 놀아줘야 좋아하더라 ㅠ.. 숙모우열고모 숙모내 사랑 숙모 정지숙그녀의 그곳은사랑의 굴레 엄마엄마의 그곳어린 외숙모 추억숙모의 비밀 숙모와무인도 표류외숙모 잘때숙모의 비밀숙모와 결혼내..

모든 이야기의 시작, daum 카페 스크랩 목마여행 8부 도봉산14. 이제는 무릎까지 오는 얇은 원피스 차림의 이모, 장모의 친구들 15부우리 네 사람은 미숙이의 이야기를 들으며 너무나 흥분을 하였다, 따라서 숙모는 여성의 이모의 남편을 가리키는 친족 관계 용어입니다. 장모님의 s체험 19금 ebook written by 옥문숙. 장모님의 s체험 19금 ebook written by 옥문숙.

애널 spankbang 장모님과의 짜릿한 경험1 경험방에 올렸더니 문제가 된다는 충고가 있어 부득이 근친방으로 옮겨 왔습니다. 1 내가 대학에 들어가면서 내 주변에 많은 변화가 생겼다. 머리부터 발끝까지 흐르는 모든 곡선의 아름다움은 풍만한 젖가슴으로 완성된다. 엄마는 외할아버지 외할머니의 극심한 반대에도 불구하고. 나는 갑작스런 신음을 내뱉을 수밖에 없었다. 애엄마 쏘배다

암컷타락 갤러리 나는 2년전 근상회라는 친목단체를 조직해서 상조회장직을 계속 맡아왔다. 매끌매끌한 피부가 여간 기분이 좋은 게 아니었다. 만드는 김에 리타의 혼강육체도 많이 만들어 두고. 이모의 욕심 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 이젠 육체노동으로 놀아줘야 좋아. 이제는 무릎까지 오는 얇은 원피스 차림의 이모. 애브비 디시

알플챗 갤 엄마는 외할아버지 외할머니의 극심한 반대에도 불구하고. 머리부터 발끝까지 흐르는 모든 곡선의 아름다움은 풍만한 젖가슴으로 완성된다. 미숙의 팬티 아래 부분은 흘러내린 음수로 인하여 흥건하게 젖어 얼룩져 있었다. 동네 맛집 찾았어 넘 맛있다 🫶🏻. 이모의 남편은 여성의 어머니의 동생인 이모와 결혼한 남자를 가리킵니다 황홀한 명품여인 여인들 안사돈의 친구 황홀한 명품여인, 황홀한 여인들, 안사돈의 친구 추천 합니다. 안경남 디시

애프리 실물 후기 환자를 휠체어에 태워 데리고 온 사람은 그녀 어머니의 배다른 여동생, 즉 이모였다. 젊은엄마 디 오리지날일본 근친상간물같이 노골적인 장면과 내용도 상당히 파격 막장이다. Symbl의 emoji 세계로 뛰어들어보세요. 장모의 친구들 15부우리 네 사람은 미숙이의 이야기를 들으며 너무나 흥분을 하였다. 뭇 남성들을 충분히 매료시킬만한 목소리, 한 아이의 엄 마이기엔 너무나 아름다운 각선미 힝,쳐지지않은 유방 등은 나에게 언제나 밤의 상상의 섹스 대상이었다.

알몸에 앞치마 그녀의 폼 이모의핸드폰속 그녀의 모습들. 장모님의 s체험 19금 ebook written by 옥문숙. 사람과 몸에서 멋진 이모티콘을 발견하세요. 사람과 몸에서 멋진 이모티콘을 발견하세요. 장모의 친구들 15부우리 네 사람은 미숙이의 이야기를 들으며 너무나 흥분을 하였다.

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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2026. © 2025 Yevhen Titov/AP Photo

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