When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in December 1948, eight states abstained from voting arguing that certain articles were not acceptable in their cultures. To this day, certain positions within legal philosophy doubt the universality of human rights. The film looks at the history of the codification of human rights by highlighting some of the debated points and the respective arguments for and against them.

Awards
This film won the first prize of the films from Germany at the Second International Short Film Competition organised by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Goethe-Institut in 2007.

Barbara Falkner
Born in 1976, Barbara Falkner is an interior designer/scenographer in Berlin. She has worked for the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin, Nuremberg theatres, and for a number of short films.