Purpose of the study: Indication of the essence -value, universality and necessity of being which are human rights. Drawing attention to the changing reality -what human rights were supposed to be and what they are in reality. Drawing attention to the fact that the great achievements devoted to human rights become fiction, illusion and illusion, and myths and optimistic ideas as well as wishful thinking are not able to remove paradoxes. Project/methodology/approach: The research method is the analysis of historical sources and legal, scientific studies of interdisciplinary scope, supplemented by the observations and experience of the author. The research procedure included the analysis of information sources, a review of Polish and foreign literature, an analysis of scientific studies in the field of: general history, law, philosophy, sociology, religion, theology, psychology of others, the method of analysis and synthesis and logical deductive reasoning in the time space yesterday -todaytomorrow -always. Conclusions: Human rights are the basic norms to which each of us is entitled to the very fact of being human. Man as a value -a rational being has always been aware that his existence depends on others. Creating new generations of human rights, adopting new conventions, adopting resolutions and debating seem to be empty talk about the fact that nothing has happened, that it cannot or should not be done. In a situation where man's life is worth less than economic and political interests, and the world enters the realm of mysticism, usurpation and delusion, man has no guarantee of respecting his rights. All regulations, regardless of which authorities they come from, what area they concern and how many people they apply, are only a determinant of how it should be, not how it should be, because it is worth it. Originality/Value: There are no more important issues than human rights. All over the globe there are people who are affected by human rights. The presented research, suggestions, conclusions and analyses provide practical and theoretical clues -what human rights are and what they should be, how these rights are not respected and why. Emphasising that human rights issues boil down to debating, consulting and creating a vast, intricate and incomprehensible law, which in principle cannot be enforced. Why does humanity need a seemingly universal law that does not work, can do little and only promises a lot. It seems less important to the average person to give rights a universal and inalienable character. What is more important is its certainty and effectiveness, especially when a person expects it from the law.