In human rights concept and context brian orend provides us with a remarkably irenical analysis of the main concepts debates and thinkers that have fleshed out the modern idea of human rights his achievement lies in his ability to identify how all three have variously advanced the idea and in professor louis henkins language have contributed to making this the age of rights orend . The second part offers a detailed account of how the human rights idea came to be such a powerful force in the contemporary world it traces the evolution of human rights from their origins to. The second part offers a detailed account of how the human rights idea came to be such a powerful force in the contemporary world it traces the evolution of human rights from their origins to. Human rights are at the core of international law and international relations they represent basic values common to all cultures and must be respected by countries worldwide human rights are inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being