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The first sentence is nonsensical

"Human rights are universally recognized moral principles or norms..."

No human rights are universally recognized. This is obvious. Perhaps someone should clarify what "universal" refers to? Is it an international consensus? In that case, if half of the world's countries do not recognize a right, does it cease to be a human right? The delegates to international organizations from a country are also not a good representation of their population. EchoVanguardZ (talk) 01:10, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

universally recognized, as in the "philosophy" of the subject. Food and water are universally recognized as a right, even though in someplaces they aren't inforced.

"universally recognized" does not equal "universally inforced" 204.83.236.84 (talk) 18:14, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

History

Section on History is especially op-ed, as rights existed long before the Abrahamic trilogy was ever written, much less Rome's existance, nor any of the Abrahamic trilogy and its associated blood drenched history. SEE - Babylonian Law # 1; "The purpose of law, is to defend the powerless from the powerful". SEE - (pre-Abrahamic, pre-Roman invasion, pre-Ottoman invasion) Greece; Athens, Solon's 5th century laws regarding dedicated government funding for the poor, orphans, widows, veterans, and those laws kept in subsequent government administrations. SEE - Ancient Egypt; pyramid builders families were allowed to live together, instead of kept in seperate workers barracks. 174.243.176.55 (talk) 23:58, 16 August 2025 (UTC)