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“The global human rights system is in peril,” said HRW’s Executive Director Philippe Bolopion, “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.”

The weakening of multilateral institutions has also dealt a serious blow to global efforts to prevent or stop grave international crimes as conflicts and crises rage across the world.

“Breaking the authoritarian wave and standing up for human rights is a generational challenge,” Bolopion said.

And in 2026, 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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