Breaking the Authoritarian Wave: A Generational Challenge for Human Rights

Rights-respecting democracies should form a strategic alliance to preserve the rules-based international order, which is under threat from the Trump administration and the leaders of China and Russia, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. In the 529-page World Report 2026, its 36th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 100 countries. To read the report, visit: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026