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Nowadays, it is very common to simply talk about the "relativity" of human rights. Perhaps this relativistic approach might be the unintended consequence of a situational looking at human rights. Since there is no common and correct boundary between the human rights and civil rights, it has inevitably fallen into the trap of relativism that had been opposed to its primary and universal objective. This boundary which paves the way for any relativistic interpretation of international instruments makes the assumption of the present article. Therefore, given the relativity of human rights, it may not be deemed universal. To this end, this paper goes on to establish a universal law based on the recognition of an anthropology of human rights in which in every age and every place, the essence of human nature is deemed.