I am not the right one who can judge someone/anyone.

Hansman

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I know that in negative sentences, anyone is used and in positive sentences, someone is used and then, how about this one?

I am not the right one who can judge someone.
I am not the right one who can judge anyone.

I think that the first one with someone is natural and correct.

What do you native English speakers think?
 
Neither sentence is natural. I will leave comments on the grammar to qualified teachers.

I would say "I am not the right person to judge ...". I would be far more likely to use anyone or anybody but it would depend entirely on the context.
 
I know that in negative sentences, anyone is used and in positive sentences, someone is used and then, how about this one?
This is not a 'rule'.

Some is used if the idea is restricted or limited in some way.
Any is used if the idea is unrestricted or unlimited.
Any applies to all or none; some applies to part.

The restriction may be a real one - There's some cheese in the fridge - or a psychological one existing only in the mind of the speaker -
Would you like something to eat?

Lewis, Michael, 1986. The English Verb. Hove: LTP

Lewis's words are true of some/any compounds with -body, -one -where, thing, ...
 

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