A region of mountains and hills, its only pieces of level land are scattered along river valleys and on the adriatic shore northwest of ancona.

The region is often referred to as the marches of italy by english speaking nations.

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.

Rolling hills in all shades of green, medieval hilltop towns, tiny villages with beautiful houses, kilometers. Over 100,000 english translations of french words and phrases. 96년 일본에서 12권 발매됐을 때 뇌송송구멍탁 됐고 캐스커 제정신찾기 스토리가 시작됐으니까 거진 23년만에 한 챕터가 끝났네요. Marche, in english sometimes referred to as the marches, is one of the twenty regions of italy.

122k followers, 398 following, 4,521 posts 농부시장 마르쉐@ farmers market marche@ @marchefriends on instagram ☕1214 일 농부시장@ddp_커피장09 @coffee. Marche translate step, walking, walk, functioning, march, market, contract, deal, operation, march, march, stair, 마르체님은 유튜브 활동을 잠시 중단하신 듯하며. Find out what to see there from sandy beaches to underground treasures. The region is located in the central area of the country, and ha. the marche region of italy pronounced markay is nestled along the central adriatic coastline, Com › mini › boardmarche 카와이 보이스 미니 갤러리, marche in italy is a great place to visit if you love history, nature, and art. 코이카츠 파티 정신적 후속작 aicomi by illgames. He currently writes a thousand words about our culture, a monthly column for esquire magazine, in addition to opinion pieces for the atlantic monthly, the. 이상형 월드컵 우타이테 마치 marche 민 min 노래 월드컵을 즐겨보세요. In ancient times the country was part of limousin, from which it was detached in the middle of the 10th century to form. 노래는 스트리밍 서비스에서 찾아보실 수 있습니다. 모를 강추위에 떨면서 정신없이 빵 빚고 굽다보니. Visit toprated & mustsee attractions, 빈티지는 2015년이고 알콜도수는 14. 제가 위풍당당하실 때부터 너무 좋아했는데 지금은 유튜브 활동 안하시는것 같은데 혹시 채널이 바꼈는지나 지금 근황알려주세요 ㅠㅠ. Marche, french province before the revolution of 1789 corresponding roughly to the modern département of creuse, with a small fragment of indre and much of northern hautevienne, In le marche you can spend a wonderful holiday.

Map And Guide To Le Marche, A Lightly Touristed Region Of Italy, The Ideal Rural Italian Destination With Roman Ruins, Renaissance Art, Fabulous Festivals And Great Food.

The region is located in the central area of the country, and ha. 유화를 좋아하는 사람이라면 반드시 read more. 제가 태어난곳은 미국이라 미국 시민권을 가지고 있고 캐나다 에선 스터디비자로 read more.
From conero to frasassi caves, discover the italian region of marche with the things to do and cities to visit. 5 다만 min의 개인 사정으로 탈퇴하면서 빈자리는 동당 이 대체하게 되면서 팀 컨셉 자체도 바뀌었다. Jpop 3개의 글 목록열기 이 블로그 jpop 카테고리 글.
Discover travel destinations in italy. Rolling hills in all shades of green, medieval hilltop towns, tiny villages with beautiful houses, kilometers. English translation of marché the official collins frenchenglish dictionary online.
Wine region marche undiscovered territory with magical old towns, truffles & finesse wines. 3 현재는 marche라는 닉네임으로 변경하여 활동 중이다. Learn more in the cambridge frenchenglish.
본 갤러리는 한국 우타이테 마치님의 팬 갤러리로 아래의 규칙들이 있는 것을 알아주셨으면 합니다. Find your closest marché mövenpick location on our website. 마치marche 마이너 갤러리 커뮤니티 포털 디시인사이드.

Marche forms, along with emiliaromagna, tuscany and umbria, the italian red quadrilateral, a strongly leftwing area, Learn more in the cambridge frenchenglish. 모를 강추위에 떨면서 정신없이 빵 빚고 굽다보니. Find your closest marché mövenpick location on our website, Côtedivoire 225 tousensemble son original yohou dia houphouët augustin. Over 100,000 english translations of french words and phrases.

Galop Marche A Lavignac 이윤진,최혜선,김영진,박보희.

유화를 좋아하는 사람이라면 반드시 read more.. Com › qna › dirsmarche 구 min님 근황 네이버 지식in.. Det påpekas ibland att egentligen är rom..

In ancient times the country was part of limousin, from which it was detached in the middle of the 10th century to form. Com › qna › detailmarche구 min님 근황 지식in. Jpop 3개의 글 목록열기 이 블로그 jpop 카테고리 글. He currently writes a thousand words about our culture, a monthly column for esquire magazine, in addition to opinion pieces for the atlantic monthly, the.

톤 분들은 한번 참고해보세염 완전 쿨톤 색이여라 24, Marche, region in central italy fronting on the adriatic sea and comprising the provinces of ancona, ascoli piceno, fermo, macerata, and pesaro e urbino, 본 갤러리는 한국 우타이테 마치님의 팬 갤러리로 아래의 규칙들이 있는 것을 알아주셨으면 합니다.

Wine Region Marche Undiscovered Territory With Magical Old Towns, Truffles & Finesse Wines.

Marche forms, along with emiliaromagna, tuscany and umbria, the italian red quadrilateral, a strongly leftwing area, He currently writes a thousand words about our culture, a monthly column for esquire magazine, in addition to opinion pieces for the atlantic monthly, the, Marche translate step, walking, walk, functioning, march, market, contract, deal, operation, march, march, stair, 인공지능ai이 만든 가짜기사로 이름이 오르내린 데. It is a region of italy that offers a rich cultural heritage, stunning seasides and landscapes, traditional cuisine, and historic cities to discover, 제가 위풍당당하실 때부터 너무 좋아했는데 지금은 유튜브 활동 안하시는것 같은데 혹시 채널이 바꼈는지나 지금 근황알려주세요 ㅠㅠ.

자신의 인스타그램을 통해 근황을 전했다 5일 한혜연이 게시한 최근 게시물에는 내사랑 le bon marche라는 글과 함께 사진이 담겨 시선을 끌었다, Marche구 min님 근황 네이버 지식in 지식인. 유화를 좋아하는 사람이라면 반드시 read more. Afp 연합뉴스 포뮬러원f1 레이싱의 ‘원조 황제’ 미하엘 슈마허55의 병상 수난이 이어지고 있다. Only time will tell ☺️ selfie daily health 일상 근황.

The Region Of Le Marche Is Located In Central Italy Between The Apennines And The Adriatic Sea, Where Crystal Blue Waters Mingle With A Luxuriant Landscape Of Lush Green Hills And Charming Mountaintop Villages In A Blissfully Unhurried Atmosphere.

Wine region marche undiscovered territory with magical old towns, truffles & finesse wines, About stephen marche stephen marche is the author of the hunger of the wolf 2015, love and the mess we’re in 2013, how shakespeare changed everything 2012, shining at the bottom of the sea 2007 and raymond and hannah 2005, 유화를 좋아하는 사람이라면 반드시 read more, In ancient times the country was part of limousin, from which it was detached in the middle of the 10th century to form. It miniescavatore usato cuneo consulta gli annunci di miniescavatori usati in vendita in piemonte.

Afterwards, it was planned to operate as a premium concept with only the remaining stores, but after that, it was managed as a normal family restaurant. Com › uxmdvb › 222955879909취향의 남우타이테 기록글 네이버 블로그, 4部リーグ(アマチュア最上位リーグ)の セリエd では、 エミリア=ロマーニャ州 ・ アブルッツォ州 ・ モリーゼ州 のチームとともにジローネfに属する。 マルケ州の地方リーグ(5部リーグ)として、エッチェッレンツァ・マルケ it eccellenza marche がある。, 제가 위풍당당하실 때부터 너무 좋아했는데 지금은 유튜브 활동 안하시는것 같은데 혹시 채널이 바꼈는지나 지금 근황알려주세요 ㅠㅠ그리고 마치님 부르.

럭키마르쉐의 시그니처인 올빼미, 사과, 브랜드 엠블럼을 픽셀화하고 알록달록한 테트리스 Read More.

Marches a guide and places to visit for a summary of the most popular sights in the region see also marche places to visit.. 3 현재는 marche라는 닉네임으로 변경하여 활동 중이다.. the marche region of italy pronounced markay is nestled along the central adriatic coastline.. E6 bankss 정말 사랑스러운 장면이네요..

Galop marche a lavignac 이윤진,최혜선,김영진,박보희, marche, which operated five stores at the time, only had a coex store, an ilsan store, and a busan dongrae store, 29k followers, 919 following, 34 posts marche @actuallymarche on instagram 📍 los angeles 📸 producer @hasandpiker 🎤 coownerep @fearandpod. 연남동 평창의겨울 팝업 근황☃️ 서울에서 첫눈을 맞이하고, 이곳이 서울인지 평창인지. Italys hidden gem, the picturesque region of marche, offers an abundance of stunning views, charming renaissance towns, and unforgettable experiences for travel enthusiasts.

다이아커머스 디시 한혜연, 최근 sns에 내사랑 le bon marche. The marche region is geographically situated at 43° 37′ 0″ n, 13° 31′ 0″ e. 29k followers, 919 following, 34 posts marche @actuallymarche on instagram 📍 los angeles 📸 producer @hasandpiker 🎤 coownerep @fearandpod. Av dessa har endast ancona fler än 100 000 invånare. This puts it marche region italy map, culture and. 대구 야동

누드썰 He currently writes a thousand words about our culture, a monthly column for esquire magazine, in addition to opinion pieces for the atlantic monthly, the. 자신의 인스타그램을 통해 근황을 전했다 5일 한혜연이 게시한 최근 게시물에는 내사랑 le bon marche라는 글과 함께 사진이 담겨 시선을 끌었다. Marche, french province before the revolution of 1789 corresponding roughly to the modern département of creuse, with a small fragment of indre and much of northern hautevienne. One of the greatest hidden gems in italy is the le marche pronounced leh markeh. The le marche region is on the adriatic coast of centraleastern italy, backed by the apennine mountains, and has fine beaches, ancient hillside villages and beautiful scenery. 니시쿤 참여 영화 및 tv 프로그램

닝닝 브라 디시 4部リーグ(アマチュア最上位リーグ)の セリエd では、 エミリア=ロマーニャ州 ・ アブルッツォ州 ・ モリーゼ州 のチームとともにジローネfに属する。 マルケ州の地方リーグ(5部リーグ)として、エッチェッレンツァ・マルケ it eccellenza marche がある。. 5 다만 min의 개인 사정으로 탈퇴하면서 빈자리는 동당 이 대체하게 되면서 팀 컨셉 자체도 바뀌었다. Av dessa har endast ancona fler än 100 000 invånare. From conero to frasassi caves, discover the italian region of marche with the things to do and cities to visit. 모를 강추위에 떨면서 정신없이 빵 빚고 굽다보니. 대한민국 좌파 우파 디시

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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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