I think I understand what you're writing. I agree with it on its face, but only because "human rights" are now individually codified, instead of general ideas.

I think I understand what you're writing. I agree with it on its face, but only because "human rights" are now individually codified, instead of general ideas. How do human rights (as laws) differ from human legal obligations and forbiddances? Conflating stories and written laws with rights is conflating the tree for the forest. Protection of general human rights is only a small part of the law.