In 1948, the UN General Assembly devoted more than 80 sessions to drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the final text contained 30 articles and 26 separate rights. But 50 years on, are they worth the paper they are written on? Patrick Wright chairs a debate on the aspirations of the original declaration and its achievements. Contributors include
Ursula Owen , editor of the magazine Index on Censorship, Michael Ignatieff and Conor Gearty. Producer Lore Windemuth