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The program consists of segments on the problems, priorities, and players at the 1993 United Nations World Human Rights Conference, the first to be held in 25 years; interviews with high-ranking UN officials, with US Undersecretary of State Timothy Worth, and President Jimmy Carter; UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali talks about the limitations of universality and the current status and future of the UN; families of murder victims tour the United States to combat the death penalty; Cambodia moves towards democracy; and a human rights advocate becomes president in Guatemala.

The Program consists of interviews with UN officials, government delegates, NGO representatives and activists; reports on Angola, Egypt, and Liberia; and a musical salute to Nelson Mandela.

The program consists of segments on the pros and cons of humanitarian military interventions and their impact on human rights; inteviews from Somalia, Sudan, Liberia, and Rwanda; reports from Tajikistan, Iraq, and South Africa; and a profile of a human rights activist in Zaire and his NGO's work to end decades of dictatorial rule.