Editing Human rights (section)

== Criticism ==
{{see also|Human rights inflation}}
Critics{{Who|date=May 2025}} of the view that human rights are universal argue that human rights are a Western concept that "emanate from a European, [[Judeo-Christian]], and/or Enlightenment heritage (typically labeled Western) and cannot be enjoyed by other cultures that don't emulate the conditions and values of 'Western' societies."<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shaheed |first1=Ahmed |last2=Richter |first2=Rose Parris |date=17 October 2018 |title=Is 'Human Rights' a Western Concept? |url=https://theglobalobservatory.org/2018/10/are-human-rights-a-western-concept/ |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=IPI Global Observatory |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710161631/https://theglobalobservatory.org/2018/10/are-human-rights-a-western-concept/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Right-wing critics{{Who|date=May 2025}} of human rights argue that they are "unrealistic and unenforceable norms and inappropriate intrusions on state sovereignty", while left-wing critics{{Who|date=May 2025}} of human rights argue that they fail "to achieve – or prevents better approaches to achieving – progressive goals".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silk |first=James |date=23 June 2021 |title=What do we really talk about when we talk about human rights? |url=https://www.openglobalrights.org/what-do-we-really-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-human-rights/ |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=OpenGlobalRights |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811025818/https://www.openglobalrights.org/what-do-we-really-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-human-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref>