The idea of human rights has increasingly been playing a very important part in people's contemporary life, the political in particular, the cultural in general. This explains why Dr. Griffin in "Beyond Anarchy and Plutocracy: the need for global democracy" includes a chapter on human rights. "My contention," Dr. Griffin writes, "is that now, in the light of globalization, the idea of human rights should inspire a movement for global democracy." According to Griffin, global democratic government needs the notion of human rights as at least one of its starting points. In turn, the full implementation of human rights relies on global democratic government. Griffin mentions several obstacles to realizing the idea of human rights. The idea of state sovereignty is regarded as a major obstacle on the way to the full implementation of human rights. According to Griffin, "As long as this doctrine of Sovereignty is retained, therefore, the idea of human rights, with its moral universalism, will necessarily remain disembodied." In this paper, the author tries to point out that the modern idea of human rights itself is also responsible for the failure of the successful implementation of human rights. To put it another way, the modern idea of human rights has become another major obstacle due to its own flaws. Therefore a postmodern idea of human rights is necessary for a global democratic government. In turn, the implementation of human rights relies on global democratic government. (Contains 59 notes.)