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"Human rights are under assault."
— UN Secretary General , Executive
"The rule of law is being outmuscled by the rule of force."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"Humanitarian needs are exploding while funding collapses."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"The two-State solution is being stripped away in broad daylight."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"It is more than past time to end the bloodshed."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"The international community cannot allow it to happen."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"Domination and supremacy are making a comeback."
— Volker Turk , Politician
"Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"It is more than past time to end the bloodshed."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"The international community cannot allow it to happen."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"domination and supremacy are making a comeback."
— Volker Turk , Politician
"Human rights are under assault"
— UN Secretary General , Executive
"Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world."
— Antonio Guterres , Activist
"Developments around the world point to a deeply worrying trend: Domination and supremacy are making a comeback."
— Volker Turk , Politician
Key People
Antonio Guterres is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister of Israel.
The head of the United Nations responsible for international diplomacy and humanitarian efforts.
Volker Turk is the U.N. human rights chief.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voices outrage over the human toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the global rise of 'rule of force'.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns of a global assault on human rights, citing widespread abuses in conflicts in Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine.
Guterres highlights the spread of 'the rule of force' over the rule of law, emphasizing the deliberate assault on human rights.
Guterres warns that human rights are under full-scale attack worldwide, with the powerful often leading the charge.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns of a global attack on human rights, citing abuses in Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that human rights are under full-scale attack worldwide, with the powerful trampling on international law.
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