Are human rights a form of imperialism?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Are human rights a form of imperialism?
Position‹2 of 2: No, human rights are not a form of imperialism

This position holds that human rights are not an imposition from outside. On this view the protections were demanded and drafted across regions, are invoked mainly by people against their own governments, and the charge serves those they constrain.

Supporting arguments · 2

The protections are claimed from below, most often against the claimant's own government
The protections were demanded across regions, and the core is thinner than the objection assumes