The claim that human rights are rights that all humans hold everywhere and at all times embodies the concept of universalism. There are however some that do not believe that human rights are universally held. Those who hold such views are widely described as cultural relativists. A rich body of literature exists with a particular focus on the divergence that exists between universalism and cultural relativism. We posit that these areas of antagonism might be overstated. In the light of this, this work investigates the mediating role that constitutional rights may play between these two seemingly opposing schools of thought. Ultimately this paper avers that the constitutional making process that international human rights principles go through in order to emerge as constitutional rights allows for constitutional rights to simultaneously lay claim to both universalist and relativist ideals. Thus, allowing constitutional rights to represent a grossly overlooked middle ground.

人权是所有人在任何地方，任何时候都拥有的权利的主张体现了普遍主义的概念。但是，有些人不相信人权是普遍拥有的。持这种观点的人被广泛称为文化相对主义者。存在着丰富的文学作品，尤其着眼于普遍主义与文化相对主义之间的分歧。我们认为这些对立领域可能被夸大了。有鉴于此，这项工作研究了宪法权利在这两个看似对立的思想流派之间可能起的调解作用。最终，本文避免了国际人权原则为了使宪法权利得以出现而经历的宪法制定过程，从而使宪法权利可以同时主张普世主义和相对主义理想。因此，允许宪法权利代表一个严重被忽视的中间立场。