Trump and human rights: How should activists respond?
The day after Donald Trump’s surprising victory, openGlobalRights asked leading human rights figures, “How should human rights activists respond?” Here, we curate the responses we receive, as leading scholars, activists and NGO leaders debate how best to grapple with the rise of an explicitly rights-rejecting superpower. To join the discussion, please send a paragraph outlining your thoughts to openglobalrights@opendemocracy.net
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“Speaking truth to power:” a call for praxis in human rights

Republicans move to break with the United Nations

Preparing for terrorism—and potential torture—under President Trump

Might Trump lead US activists to rediscover international human rights?

Opportunities for resistance: Trump’s authoritarianism and the law

The death knell of American Exceptionalism under Trump

The world is watching—corporate action on Trump travel ban

Human rights as a grassroots, transformative response to Trump’s “America”

Human rights groups are secretly US agents. True or false?

Trump’s victory could push the human rights movement to transform

Modi and Trump—voting strongmen, voting hate

Why the American Electoral College matters for human rights everywhere

Making the human rights movement great again—amidst rising nationalism

Trump, the other and human rights in society

A post-Brexit, post-Trump World could learn from Colombia

Bringing back waterboarding? Torture policy in Trump’s America

Trump’s election makes US human rights pariah

Trump and the limits of human rights

International pressure on US human rights matters now more than ever

Fascism rising
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