UN call for Saudi women's rights

While most certainly I am no specialist on Sharia law, I get annoyed when every action gets to be justified by Sharia. Depriving of any human right,abusing,even killing comes to be accepted way too easily, when you throw in the "Sharia" word.
By no means, do I think that a certain culture's social norms are better than others, but I do believe that certain rights transcend any cultural relativism.

BBC article