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Human rights around the US & world
The Human Rights City Alliance is part of a worldwide movement of people working to bring human rights home to the communities where they live. We work in partnership with people in cities around the U.S. and with the global human rights movement, through the Human Rights Cities Alliance and a new National Human Rights Strategy Table (NHRT).
Cities are the future of democracy
The Autocrat’s Worst Enemy: Why Despots Hate Cities and the Mayors Who Run Them Foreign Affairs, July 2026 -As right-wing governments gain national power in countries around the world, cities are left to defend the rights of their constituents. As we see growing threats to vulnerable groups and rollbacks of democracy in the US, we can learn from experiences in other cities resisting authoritarian national leaders.
Why International Human Rights Matter
Today the international human rights system has never been in such urgent danger. The following articles show why international law matters especially as national leaders pretend that it doesn’t.
- We are US civil rights lawyers. Trump’s policies have driven us to seek justice internationally The Guardian Aug. 4, 2026 –Advocates discuss the recent hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights addressing US immigration policies.
- #AmericaAlone”: US diplomats stage UN walkout after France criticizes human rights record The Guardian Aug. 4, 2026 –Although some claim that human rights concerns are of no concern to US political leaders, their actions at the UN show a distaste for public criticism by those defending international human rights standards. That’s why we support popular advocacy for human rights accountability!