The international environment for human rights has rapidly deteriorated in recent years. Populist leaders have come to power in an increasing number of countries, often on political platforms that are explicitly hostile to human rights. These leaders tend to portray respect for human rights as an inconvenient obstacle to their agendas rather than as an essential limit on their power. Meanwhile, many governments that have traditionally been proponents of human rights, although often with records that do not entirely reflect human rights, have encountered internal challenges from authoritarian populists or far-right political parties that have turned their focus inward and weakened their willingness to stand up for human rights internationally. This development has serious consequences. As the Human Rights Watch 2018 World Report, released on January 18, notes, this trend has left an “open field for murderous leaders and their enablers.”1 The report details mass atrocities carried out with near impunity in Yemen, Syria, Burma, South Sudan, and elsewhere. It also provides ample examples of rapidly decreasing political space in many countries as governments seize the op-

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退出人权和对健康的不利后果

近年来，国际人权环境迅速恶化。民粹主义领导人在越来越多的国家上台执政，通常是在明确反对人权的政治平台上上台。这些领导人倾向于将尊重人权描述为阻碍其议程的不便障碍，而不是对其权力的基本限制。与此同时，许多历来支持人权的政府，尽管其记录往往不能完全反映人权，但都遇到了威权民粹主义者或极右翼政党的内部挑战，将注意力转向内部，削弱了他们的立场。争取国际人权。这种发展具有严重的后果。正如人权观察 2018 年世界报告，1 月 18 日发布的报告指出，这种趋势为“凶残的领导人及其推动者留下了一片开阔的空间。”1 该报告详细介绍了在也门、叙利亚、缅甸、南苏丹和其他地方几乎不受惩罚的大规模暴行。它还提供了许多国家的政治空间随着政府抓住机遇而迅速缩小的大量例子。