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This might sound grim but one thing that I have learned over the years is that secular "human rights" do not really exist. The entire concept of human rights was borne primarily out of the trauma of WWII and a sense that legal protections for the weak needed to be enshrined to avoid another apocalypse. Yet the idea never really took hold globally. Or at least it did not supersede other ideas of how the world is best organized. The U.S. as the world's only superpower worked to weaken those few enforceable international law mechanisms that were built, out of belief that they would unacceptably constrain its power. We can see that even countries that made human rights part of their brand do not take them seriously when they have other interests or beliefs at play. What really matters is power. This does not mean that there is no way to defend the weak. But the best way is to find means to help them level the balance of power, rather than appealing to abstract concepts in which few really believe.
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As was stated in the comments before: Lackluster enforcement and self-serving individuals acting under the brand of a nation are no proof of non-existance. Every body of law is abstract by its very nature. In a sense of applicability they are more abstract than state laws, as they lack geographical boundaries. Nevertheless they are guidance, frame of reference, norming, inspirations for more concrete laws (e.g. the German Grundgesetz, the country's highest book of law which was directly inspired by the UDHR) and serve as a clear moral compass when judging human, corporate and nation behavior, laying the ground work to stand up against, organize and counteract atrocities. If you feel they are not concrete enough, make them concrete. Reference them when people are forced into religion, discriminated against for their sexuality, race and gender or barred from participation in governance. All of that said, they can be improved significantly.
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