Deterioration in human rights - Rule of law globally

“THERE is,” as Shakespeare put it, “ a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”

That may have been an optimistic forecast by the Bard, as it may also lead on to misfortune. Tides ebb as well as flow and what may look like an unassailable advancement in human achievement can be not just eroded but reversed.