Human rights form an integral part of modern international law, but should they? Many governments have ratified human rights treaties and incorporated human rights law into their legal systems. Yet the persistence of extrajudicial killings, religious persecution, and political repression illustrates that they are violated routinely and blatantly. And with Guantanamo Bay likely to remain open, President-elect Donald Trump vowing to reinstate torture, and the United Kingdom considering withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights, has the idea of universal human rights lost all legitimacy and credibility? Do any countries have the moral authority and political will to lead on human rights? Or is human rights dead, as some argue?

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