Universality and Relativity of Human Rights. Different
approaches to human rights result in two principal theories of universalistic and
relativist. The first contends that human rights are integral part of human existence
regardless of time and place. Human rights are solely based on the very fact of
human existence. The latter theory contends that human beings are product of
their life contexts, therefore human rights should also be considered in the lights
of socio-cultural backgrounds. Cultural differences results in differences on ideas
and realities while maintaining the universal substances of human rights.
Kata Kunci: HAM, universalitas, relativitas