The question of whether universal, indivisible, and interdependent human rights norms have all the same importance or do fundamental rights have a hierarchical superiority to ordinary rights poses a severe challenge to the human rights scholar. Although it is controversial whether there is a hierarchy among human rights norms at a theoretical level, a hierarchy of human rights can occur at a practical level due to scarcity of resources, political interests, conflict between different rights, and emergencies. It is essential to examine the hierarchies arising from the structural framework of human rights law or practices of human rights by actors during the implementation of human rights, as the prioritization of specific human rights over others has the potential to shape the human rights norms. This article will illustrate alternative approaches supporting or opposing the hierarchy of human rights arguments, such as the relationship between the fundamental and ordinary rights, first and second-generation rights, and the non-derogatory status of specific rights. The illustration and examination of these diverse positions on the hierarchy of human rights will help us the alternative explanations regarding the hierarchy of human rights norms.