The thesis analyses the relationship between narrativity and the creation of human rights norms. Witnessing the change from a state-centric to universalist narrative, it proposes that international human rights law must be reconstrued along pluralist terms to reflect the new reality. Hypothesizing how to do this, the thesis suggests an integrative test and considers its validity in relation to the emergence of human rights obligations of non-state actors in systems on the fringes of IHRL.., it proposes that international human rights law must be reconstrued along pluralist terms to reflect the new reality. Hypothesizing how to do this., the thesis suggests an integrative test and considers its validity in relation to the emergence of human rights obligations of non-state actors in systems on the fringes of IHRL.