Issues of human rights become more and more prominent as time goes on. The combination of the United Nations and independent human rights groups has brought many offenses to the attention of the world as well providing the means to deal with several of them. Human rights violations range from discrimination to more life-threatening problems such as genocide. While these troubles are not to be demeaned or disregarded in any way, I feel that we need to take another look at what truly defines the rights that all humans should have.