Sylvie Lorianx Human Rights Summary

The author, Sylvie Lorianx, provides her argument over the universality of economic and social rights in the conclusion of her complex essay. Lorianx argues that there are “strong reasons to be concerned with” the current interpretation of social and economic rights. To do so, she presents three points: one, that human rights cannot be determined without a universal reference; two, that societies are not similar enough to establish a common reference; and three, a human right should be defined as a human right because it is important and able to be fairly enforced, not just because it is politically convenient (46).
To prove her first and second point, Lorianx describes how different societies have different resources and abilities to enforce