The leaders of the United States, Israel and Russia are trying to establish a new world order, and the vast majority of countries are too cowardly to stop them.
This is the opinion of the human rights organization Amnesty International, which in its annual report calls US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predators.
According to Amnesty International's Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, the world is currently facing the most challenging moment of our time.
The organization believes that Trump, Putin and Netanyahu are examples of leaders who have rejected the system that the world community has built since the end of World War II.
- Destruction, repression and violence on a massive scale
The leaders want a system governed by war rather than diplomacy, it says.
- Throughout 2025, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, among others, have sought economic and political dominance through international destruction, repression and violence on a massive scale, Callamard says in a speech in London, where the report is presented.
According to Amnesty International, the three leaders are attacking the foundations of universal human rights.
Callamard highlights, among other things, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East as an example of what she calls a predatory world order.
- After the initial illegal US-Israeli attacks in violation of the UN Charter, which triggered Iran's indiscriminate retaliation, the conflict has quickly developed into an open war against civilians and civilian infrastructure, exacerbating the already catastrophic suffering of people across the region, she says.
Secretary-General: Trump is undermining the rule of law
The Secretary-General also accuses Trump of being behind an unprecedented number of actions that she believes undermine the rule of law.
She believes that the United States, under Trump's leadership, has "done everything it could to undermine decades of efforts to enshrine women's rights and defend access to sexual and reproductive rights".
She also criticizes Putin for restricting LGBT rights in Russia.
Callamard believes that the vast majority of countries have been too weak to stand up to countries like the United States, Russia, Israel and China.
- World leaders have been far too submissive to attacks on international law and the multilateral system. There are no excuses for their silence and inaction.
- It is morally bankrupt and will lead to nothing but regression, defeat and the obliteration of decades of hard-won progress for human rights, she says.
/ritzau/AFP
