Human rights are omnipresent in the political debate in Switzerland. Especially with popular initiatives, it is often claimed that they violate human rights. However, much remains unclear in this regard. Are human rights predetermined norms that are beyond political discretion? Or do human rights, like all other laws, fall under democratic decision-making? Lorenz Engi points out that purely natural law or purely positivist approaches are insufficient. Human rights encompass elements of both: they are both predetermined and constructed. From these circumstances, the book draws conclusions for the political debate. Human rights have become an important topic of political discussion. However, the concept of human rights remains unclear in many respects. Are these rights definitively established once and for all?.