The End of Human Rights?

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🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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“I don’t give up on Trump. I do think that, for the wrong reasons, we can get him to do the right things” says former Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth. Roth sits down with Ravi Agrawal to share his take on human rights today amid democratic backsliding, ongoing conflict, and a new U.S. administration on the world stage. Roth led Human Rights Watch for nearly 30 years and is the author of Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): Transcript: Can the World Do Anything About Conflict in 2025? Pankaj Mishra: How Gaza Shattered the West’s Mythology Matthew M. Kavanagh and Luis Gil Abinader: Abolishing USAID Is Both Unconstitutional and Disastrous Brought to you by: https://incogni.com/foreignpolicy. Use promo code "foreignpolicy" to get an exclusive 60% off an annual plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.2	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief. This is FP Live.
0:41.2	Thank you. Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief. This is FP Live. I have a question this week. Are human rights at a modern low point?
0:47.6	One can certainly make the case that they are. Authoritarian leaders are in vogue.
0:53.2	Inequality is rampant.
0:55.2	There's a global backlash against gender equality.
0:58.3	The number of forcibly displaced people is at an all-time high.
1:02.0	There are ongoing conflicts on multiple continents.
1:05.5	Global freedom, according to one key index out this week,
1:09.2	declined for the 19th consecutive year.
1:12.6	One could go on.
1:13.8	There's a lot.
1:15.0	But what does all of this mean in terms of human rights and how they're enforced?
1:20.6	What is the longer term trajectory?
1:23.5	Well, my guest today has answers.
1:25.8	Ken Roth ran Human Rights Watch from 1993 until he stepped down in 2022,
1:32.3	dramatically growing that organization during his tenure.
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