Abstract

“Human rights” is a global topic. As soon as one agrees that a right is a human right, one cannot restrict it to certain groups. People have human rights by virtue of their humanity, not by virtue of their nationality, their status, their gender, their ethnicity, and so forth. This is why the topic is one of the most exciting, but also one of the most contentious discussed in the humanities and the social sciences. It is a topic that suggests numerous questions in three main areas: concept, content, and enforcement.