Will Human Rights Survive the Donald Trump Era?
February 01, 2026
February 01, 2026
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:
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Will Human Rights Survive the Donald Trump Era?
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Human rights are never ensured. The freedoms we hold dear were won-piece by piece-after the catastrophes of the 20th century, when governments accepted, however imperfectly, that state power should be constrained by law, institutions, and a shared baseline of human dignity.
Today, that . . .
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Will Human Rights Survive the Donald Trump Era?
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Human rights are never ensured. The freedoms we hold dear were won-piece by piece-after the catastrophes of the 20th century, when governments accepted, however imperfectly, that state power should be constrained by law, institutions, and a shared baseline of human dignity.
Today, that . . .