The human rights debate is raging around the world, with the United Nations playing a vital role in this debate. This organization is largely responsible for dictating to different nations what they can and cannot do in the area of ​​human rights. Specifically, a number of different international standards have been adopted for how countries should treat their women. Saudi Arabia has long been held up as an example of a culture that fails to meet these international human rights standards. They continue to discriminate against women in various ways, preventing them from doing work and forcing them to report to men before they can do anything, including travel. Saudi Arabia, however, has ensured the education of its women, which constitutes a strange contradiction with the country's standards in this area. It is clear that Saudi Arabia is resisting, but what is less clear is why. Exploring the country's culture reveals that a number of critical social and cultural factors prevent Saudi Arabia from fulfilling its human rights duty towards women. INCORPORATES THE QUESTION AND WHY IS IT WORTHY OF INVESTIGATION Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The general principles of human rights are set out in a document presented as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was implemented for all nations by the United Nations on December 10, 1948. Contrary to popular belief, not all of these rights have been implemented in some countries, the Saudi Arabia being a perfect example. Human rights are often seen as limited and restricted to “normative Western societies”. To this end, human rights education philosopher Jagdish Gundara argues: “Nor should human rights education be given as many opportunities as men in the field of education. According to Islamic law in Saudi Arabia,Works CitedAssembly, UG (1948). Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Retrieved February 22, 2010. Cook, R. J. (1989). Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Go. J. Int'l L., 30, 643. Dewald, C. (1981). Women and culture in the stories of Herodotus. Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 8(1-2), 93-127.Donnelly, J. (2010). International human rights. ReadHowYouWant. com.Herskovits, M.J. (1972). Cultural relativism; perspectives in cultural pluralism. Renteln, A.D. (2013). International human rights: universalism versus relativism. Quid Pro Books. Steiner, H.J., Alston, P., & Goodman, R. (1996). International human rights in context (p. 1116). Oxford: Clarendon Press.