The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: The Travaux Préparatoires [3-Vol Set, 1st Edition] 1107015502, 9781107015500, 1107013011, 9781107013018, 1139600494, 9781139600491

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THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

A collection of United Nations documents associated with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these volumes facilitate research into the scope of, meaning of and intent behind the instrument’s provisions. It permits an examination of the various drafts of what became the thirty articles of the Declaration, including one of the earliest documents – a compilation of human rights provisions from national constitutions, organized thematically. The documents are presented chronologically, and thorough thematic indexing facilitates research into the origins of specific rights and norms. They are also annotated in order to provide information relating to names, places, events and concepts that might have been familiar in the late 1940s but are today more obscure. william a. schabas is Professor of International Law at Middlesex University, London. He also holds appointments at Leiden University and the National University of Ireland Galway, where he is Honorary Chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and an honorary professorship at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing.

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS The travaux préparatoires VOLUME I October 1946 to November 1947

WILLIAM A. SCHABAS OC MRIA

cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107015500 © William A. Schabas 2013 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2013 Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by the MPG Books Group A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-107-01550-0 Three-volume set Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.

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Preface Foreword by Navanetham Pillay Table of documents List of abbreviations and acronyms Introductory essay: the drafting and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Volume I Report by the Executive Committee to the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Report of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Supplementary List of Items for Inclusion in the Agenda of the First Part of the First Session of the General Assembly Report to the General Assembly on the Supplementary List of Items to be Included on the Agenda of the First Part of the First Session Seventh Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 14 January 1946 Committee on the Organization of the Economic and Social Council, First Meeting, 30 January 1946 Proposals Concerning Terms of Reference of Commissions to be Established by the Economic and Social Council for Consideration by the Drafting Sub-Committee Communications of Interest to the Economic and Social Council Received from Non-Governmental Organizations Draft Declaration on Human Rights and Letter of Transmittal from Cuba Draft Report of the Committee on the Organization of the Economic and Social Council Report of the Committee on the Organization of the Economic and Social Council Resolution 5(I) of the Economic and Social Council on the Establishment of a Commission on Human Rights and a Sub-Commission on the Status of Women

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Statement of Essential Human Rights Presented by the Delegation of Panama Provisional Agenda of the Nuclear Commission on Human Rights First Meeting of the Nuclear Commission, 29 April 1946 Second Meeting of the Nuclear Commission, 30 April 1946 Third Meeting of the Nuclear Commission, 30 April 1946 Sixth Meeting of the Nuclear Commission, 6 May 1946 First Drafting Session of the Nuclear Commission, 6 May 1946 Seventh Meeting of the Nuclear Commission, 8 May 1946 Eighth Meeting of the Nuclear Commission, 8 May 1946 Draft Report of the Commission on Human Rights to the Second Session of the Economic and Social Council Report of the Commission on Human Rights to the Second Session of the Economic and Social Council Fourth Meeting, Second Session, of the Economic and Social Council, 28 May 1946 Fifth Meeting, Second Session, of the Economic and Social Council, 31 May 1946 Sixth Meeting, Second Session, of the Economic and Social Council, 31 May 1946 Draft Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human Rights Draft Resolution Concerning the Report of the Commission on Human Rights Twenty-Ninth Meeting, Second Session, of the Economic and Social Council, 21 June 1946 Resolution 9(II) of the Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human Rights Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization Letter from Mr Matthew Woll and Mr David Dubinsky, Consultants Representing the American Federation of Labor to Mr Trygve Lie Draft Declarations on Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms and on Rights and Duties of States (Panama) Provisional Agenda for the Second Part of the First Session of the General Assembly Report by the Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly Statement of Essential Human Rights Presented by the Delegation of Panama

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Data Paper Prepared by the Secretariat on Draft Declarations Submitted by the Government of Panama on Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms and on the Rights and Duties of States Draft Agenda for the Second Part of the First Session of the General Assembly Forty-Fifth Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 31 October 1946 Report on Consultation between the Secretary-General and the Chairman of the First and Third Committees Concerning Item 6 on the Supplementary List Letter from the Representative of Chile to the Secretary-General Dated 3 November 1946 Thirty-Third Meeting of the Third Committee of the General Assembly, 26 November 1946 Draft Report Concerning a Draft Declaration on Fundamental Human Rights and Freedom Forty-Second Meeting of the Third Committee of the General Assembly, 5 December 1946 Consolidated Terms of Reference of the Commission on Human Rights and its Sub-Commissions Forty-First Meeting of the First Committee of the General Assembly, 6 December 1946 Addendum to Report on Draft Declaration on Human Rights and Freedoms Forty-Fifth Meeting of the Third Committee of the General Assembly, 9 December 1946 Report of the First and Third Committees Fifty-Fifth Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 11 December 1946 Draft Declaration on Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms, General Assembly Resolution 43(I) Draft Declaration of the International Rights and Duties of Man Formulated by the Inter-American Juridical Committee Working Paper on an International Bill of Rights Addendum to Working Paper on an International Bill of Rights Textual Comparison of the Proposed Drafts of an International Bill of Rights Analysis of Various Draft International Bills of Rights First Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 27 January 1947 Second Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 27 January 1947 United States Proposals Regarding an International Bill of Rights List of Types of Rights Contained in Drafts of Proposed International Bills of Rights Seventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 31 January 1947

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Eighth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 31 January 1947 Draft of a Resolution for the General Assembly Submitted by the Representative of India Draft Resolution Regarding Composition of a Drafting Committee of the Commission on Human Rights Submitted by the Representative of India Draft Proposal Regarding the Composition of a Drafting Committee of the Commission on Human Rights Submitted by the Representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Ninth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 1 February 1947 Tenth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 1 February 1947 Eleventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 3 February 1947 Twelfth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 3 February 1947 Thirteenth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 4 February 1947 Fourteenth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 4 February 1947 Draft Resolution for an International Court of Human Rights Submitted by the Representative from Australia Fifteenth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 5 February 1947 Sixteenth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 5 February 1947 United States Proposals Regarding an International Bill of Rights Draft Report of the Commission on Human Rights to the Economic and Social Council Seventeenth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 6 February 1947 Eighteenth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 6 February 1947 Twentieth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 7 February 1947 Report of the Commission on Human Rights to the Economic and Social Council Twelfth Meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, 18 February 1947 Report of the Commission on the Status of Women to the Economic and Social Council Letter dated 26 February 1947 from Mr Louis Saillant, Secretary-General of the World Federation of Trade Unions, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Letter dated 12 March 1947 sent by the American Federation of Labor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Sixty-Eighth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 14 March 1947 Sixty-Ninth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 14 March 1947 Observations submitted by the delegation of the United Kingdom on the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women

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Sixth Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs of the Economic and Social Council, 20 March 1947 Eighth Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs of the Economic and Social Council, 21 March 1947 Ninth Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs of the Economic and Social Council, 22 March 1947 Draft Resolutions on Human Rights and on International Conference on the Freedom of the Press Tenth Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs of the Economic and Social Council, 23 March 1947 Resolution 52(IV) of the Economic and Social Council, Guarantees for the Exercise and Development of Trade Union Rights Seventy-Ninth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 24 March 1947 Report of the Commission on Human Rights Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to the President of the Economic and Social Council, 24 March 1947 Resolutions on the Report of the Commission on Human Rights, on the Conference on Freedom of Information and on the Crime of Genocide Letter from Toni Sender to the President of the Economic and Social Council, 26 March 1947 Draft Resolution of the Economic and Social Council on the Report of the Commission on the Status of Women Draft Resolution of the Economic and Social Council on the International Bill of Rights Amendment to Draft Resolution on the Report of the Commission on Human Rights Proposed by the Delegation of Canada Eighty-Fourth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 29 March 1947 Resolution 46(IV) of the Economic and Social Council on the Draft Declaration on Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms Resolution 48(IV) of the Economic and Social Council on the Status of Women Memorandum on the Historical Background of the Drafting Committee Draft Outline of International Bill of Rights (Prepared by the Division of Human Rights) Text of Letter from Lord Dukeston, the United Kingdom Representative on the Human Rights Commission, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Communications Received Requesting the Inclusion of Certain Specific Provisions in the International Bill of Rights Plan of the Draft Outline of an International Bill of Rights Proposal Submitted by the French Delegation to the Drafting Committee of the Commission on Human Rights General Observations Made by Various Members of the Commission on Human Rights Concerning the Form and Content of the International Bill of Rights First Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 9 June 1947 Textual Comparison of the Draft International Bill of Human Rights Submitted by the Delegation of the United Kingdom to the Drafting Committee of the Commission on Human Rights, and the Draft Outline of an International Bill of Rights. Additional Communications Received Requesting the Inclusion of Certain Specific Provisions in the International Bill of Rights International Bill of Rights Documented Outline United States Suggestions for Redrafts of Certain Articles in the Draft Outline E/CN.4/AC.1/3 Resolution Adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 24 March 1947 Second Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 11 June 1947 Third Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 11 June 1947 Fourth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 12 June 1947 Suggestions for Additional Articles to be Added to the International Bill of Rights, Submitted by the American Federation of Labor Textual Comparison of the Draft Outline of an International Bill of Rights (Prepared by the Secretariat), the United Kingdom Draft Bill of Rights and the United States Proposals Fifth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 12 June 1947 Sixth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 13 June 1947 Draft International Declaration of Rights Submitted by Working Group of Drafting Committee (Preamble and Articles 1–6) Suggestions Submitted by the Representative of France for Articles 7–32 of the International Declaration of Rights Seventh Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 17 June 1947 Eighth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 17 June 1947 Proposals Submitted by the United Kingdom Representative on the Drafting Committee Suggestions Submitted by the Representative of France for Articles 7–32 of the International Declaration of Rights Ninth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 18 June 1947

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Tenth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 18 June 1947 United States Revised Suggestions for Redrafts of Certain Articles in the Draft Outline (E/CN.4/AC.1/3) United States Suggestions in Connection with a Draft Declaration of Human Rights Memorandum on Implementation Prepared by the Secretariat at the Request of the Committee Revised Suggestions Submitted by the Representative of France for Articles of the International Declaration of Rights Twelfth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 20 June 1947 Thirteenth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 20 June 1947 Draft Report of the Drafting Committee to the Commission on Human Rights Fourteenth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 23 June 1947 Fifteenth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 23 June 1947 Sixteenth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 24 June 1947 Seventeenth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 24 June 1947 Eighteenth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, 25 June 1947 Report of the Drafting Committee to the Commission on Human Rights Disposition of Agenda Items and Check List of Documents, First Session of the Drafting Committee Trade Union Rights (Freedom of Association), Draft Resolution of the Economic and Social Council Proposed by the Delegations of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and the United States Hundred and Eighth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 8 August 1947 Hundred and Ninth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 8 August 1947 Resolution 84(V) of the Economic and Social Council, Trade Union Rights (Freedom of Association) Draft Resolution Submitted by the Delegation of the Dominican Republic Draft Resolution Submitted by the Delegation of France Argentine Amendment to the Draft Resolution Proposed by the Dominican Republic Chile: Amendment to the Draft Resolution of the Dominican Republic (A/C.3/166) and to the Draft Resolution of France (A/C.3/167) India: Amendment to the Draft Resolution Proposed by France France: Draft Resolution (Revised Text) Dominican Republic: Amendment to Revised Draft Resolution Presented by France

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United Kingdom Amendments to Revised Resolution Submitted by the Delegation of France (A/C.3/175) Argentina: Amendment to Revised Resolution Presented by France Activities of Other Organs of the United Nations Relating to the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities Compromise Proposal Presented by the French Delegation Sub-Committee 1 of the Third Committee, Trade Union Rights, Report to the Third Committee Czechoslovakia: Amendments to the Draft Resolution Presented by SubCommittee One Yugoslavia: Amendments to the Draft Resolution Submitted by SubCommittee One Argentina: Amendment to Text Presented by the Sub-Committee Argentina: Amendment to Text Presented by the Sub-Committee (Revised) Trade Union Rights (Freedom of Association), Memorandum by the Division of Human Rights Draft Charter of International Human Rights and Duties, Note by the Secretary-General Trade Union Rights (Freedom of Association), Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council and transmitted to the General Assembly by the Secretary-General General Assembly Resolution 128(II), Trade Union Rights (Freedom of Association) Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Statement from the American Federation of Labor First Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 24 November 1947 Memorandum from the Inter-Parliamentary Union Statement Regarding the Possible Ways in Which the Recommendations of the Human Rights Commission Might Be Presented to the General Assembly, Submitted by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Commission on Human Rights Opinion of Mr. Borisov (USSR) on Article 6 Proposal for a Declaration of Human Rights Submitted by the Representative of the United States on the Commission on Human Rights Proposed Amendments to the Draft Articles on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Contained in Annex G of the Report of the Drafting Committee, Submitted by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Commission on Human Rights

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Third Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 26 November 1947 Fourth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 26 November 1947 Explanatory Note on Derivation of Declaration on Human Rights Proposed by Representative of the United States on the Commission on Human Rights Fifth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 27 November 1947 Sixth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 27 November 1947 Proposal for Addendum to Article 13 Submitted by Mr. S.R. Shafaq (Iran) Seventh Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 28 November 1947 Eighth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 28 November 1947 Ninth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 30 November 1947

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Volume II Proposal by Miss Elizabeth Monroe (UK), Regarding Additional Material for Inclusion in the International Declaration on Human Rights The Fundamental Rights of Man as the Basis for a Restoration of International Law, by Charles de Visscher Statement from the Preparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization Tenth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 1 December 1947 Eleventh Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 1 December 1947 Twenty-Third Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 2 December 1947 Proposal for a New Article (to Be the First Article in the Proposed Declaration of Rights). Submitted by Mr. McNamara (Australia) Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 2 December 1947 Revised Proposal Submitted by the United Kingdom Delegation Consolidated Terms of Reference, Commission on Human Rights

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Belgian Proposal Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 3 December 1947 Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 3 December 1947 Information on Activities Concerning Human Rights of Organs of the United Nations Proposal by the Soviet Delegation Concerning Item 5 of the Agenda Proposal Submitted by the French Delegation Proposal Submitted by the United Kingdom Delegation Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 4 December 1947 Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 4 December 1947 Resolutions Adopted List of Communications Received from Non-Governmental Organizations in Categories (b) or (c) Eligible for Consultation Parallel Passages in Human Rights Drafting Committee Text and United States Proposal Report Submitted to the Commission on Human Rights by the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities Thirtieth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 5 December 1947 First Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 5 December 1947 Second Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 5 December 1947 Seventeenth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 6 December 1947 Third Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 6 December 1947 Eighteenth Meeting of the First Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 6 December 1947 Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities, Report Submitted to the Commission on Human Rights by the Rapporteur Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 8 December 1947

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Fifth Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 8 December 1947 Sixth Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 9 December 1947 Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 9 December 1947 Eighth Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1947 Ninth Meeting of the Working Group on the Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1947 Report of the Working Group on the Declaration on Human Rights Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 12 December 1947 Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 12 December 1947 Belgian Amendment to Article 10 of the Declaration (E/CN.4/57) Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 13 December 1947 Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 13 December 1947 Belgian Amendment to Article 18 of the Draft Declaration of Human Rights Proposal by Lebanese Delegation on the Declaration United Kingdom Amendments to Articles 31 and 33 of the Draft Declaration of Human Rights Amendment to Article 38 of the Draft Declaration of Human Rights Submitted by the Representative of India Amendment to Article 29 of the Draft Declaration of Human Rights, Submitted by the Representative of the Byelorussian SSR Proposals Submitted by the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities. Proposal for an Additional Article (39) to be Added to the Declaration of Human Rights, Submitted by the Representative of France Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 15 December 1947 Proposed Resolution by the Commission on Human Rights Submitted by the United States Delegation Proposals Submitted by the Representative of Lebanon Amendment to Article 31A of the Declaration of Human Rights Submitted by the Representative of Lebanon

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Fortieth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 16 December 1947 Forty-First Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 16 December 1947 Forty-Second Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 16 December 1947 Draft Report of the Commission on Human Rights Submitted to the Economic and Social Council Draft International Declaration of Human Rights Communication Addressed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights Report to the Economic and Social Council on the Second Session of the Commission on Human Rights Ninth Meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, 9 January 1948 Tenth Meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, 9 January 1948 Draft Resolution on Marriage Submitted by the Representatives of India and the United Kingdom Draft Report of the Commission on the Status of Women to the Economic and Social Council Draft Articles for a Covenant and Declaration of Human Rights Corrigendum to the Summary Record of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women Suggested Text for the Draft Declaration of Human Rights Submitted by Mr. A.R.K. Mackenzie (United Kingdom) First Meeting of the Second Session of the Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 19 January 1948 Second Meeting of the Second Session of the Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 19 January 1948 Report of the Drafting Committee on an Article for the Declaration of Human Rights Report of the Committee Appointed to Draft a Proposed Article for the Declaration of Human Rights Fourth Meeting of the Second Session of the Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 20 January 1948 Fifth Meeting of the Second Session of the Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 21 January 1948 Draft Article for the Declaration of Human Rights Presented by Mr. J. Lomakin (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Suggested Text of Article on Freedom of Information in International Declaration of Human Rights

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Twenty-Second Meeting of the Second Session of the Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 2 February 1948 One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 5 February 1948 Thirty-Third Meeting of the Social Committee of the Economic and Social Council, 19 February 1948 Report of the Social Committee Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Social Committee of the Economic and Social Council, 27 February 1948 One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 1 March 1948 Resolution of 1 March 1948 Resolution of 3 March 1948 Suggestions Made by the Commission on the Status of Women Agenda of the Fourth Committee of the Conference on Freedom of Information and of the Press Report of the Second Session of the Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press United Kingdom Proposals on Items B and C of the Agenda Agenda of the Fourth Committee of the Conference on Freedom of Information and of the Press Draft of Article 17 of the Declaration of Human Rights and Article 17 of the International Covenant Submitted by the Delegation of the USSR French Delegation, Amendment to the Draft Text of Article 17 of the Declaration of Human Rights Amendment to Article 17 of the Covenant and the Declaration of Human Rights, Submitted by the Hungarian Delegation Fourth Meeting of Committee IV (Law and Continuing Machinery) of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 2 April 1948 Amendment Proposed by the Greek Delegation to the Draft Articles Prepared by the Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press for Inclusion in the Declaration and Covenant on Human Rights (Points E and B) Fifth Meeting of Committee IV (Law and Continuing Machinery) of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 3 April 1948 Sixth Meeting of Committee IV (Law and Continuing Machinery) of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information, 5 April 1948

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Tenth Meeting of Committee IV (Law and Continuing Machinery) of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 7 April 1948 Draft Resolution Twenty-Fourth Meeting of Committee IV (Law and Continuing Machinery) of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information and of the Press, 14 April 1948 Comments of Governments on the Draft International Declaration of Human Rights, Draft International Covenant on Human Rights and the Question of Implementation Comments from Governments of the Draft International Declaration of Human Rights, Draft International Covenant on Human Rights and the Question of Implementation (Add.1) USSR: Amendment to Draft Article 17 of the Draft Declaration and Draft Covenant on Human Rights Elaborated by Committee IV Final Act of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information Poland: Amendment to Annex B Tenth Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information, 20 April 1948 Draft Provisional Agenda Communication Received from Brazil Comments from Governments on the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights, Draft International Covenant on Human Rights and the Question of Implementation (Add.4) Copy of a Resolution on Religious Freedom Adopted by the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland on 17 February 1948 Opinion of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information on Articles 17 and 18 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights and Article 17 of the Draft International Covenant on Human Rights Communication Received from Norway Communication Received from Egypt Collation of the Comments of Governments on the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights, Draft International Covenant on Human Rights and the Question of Implementation List of Comments on the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights, on the Draft International Covenant on Human Rights and the Question of Implementation Received by the Secretariat up to 3 May 1948

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Draft International Declaration on Human Rights (Submitted by the Chinese Delegation) Twentieth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 3 May 1948 Communication Received from India Twenty-First Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 4 May 1948 Draft International Declaration of Human Rights with United States’ Recommendations Communication Received from the French Government Communication Received from the United Kingdom Speech by Mr. A.N. Pavlov, Representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Drafting Committee of the Commission on Human Rights Human Rights, the Charter of the United Nations and the International Bill of the Rights of Man Preliminary Report by Professor H. Lauterpacht Thirty-Third Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 14 May 1948 Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 14 May 1948 Australia: Drafting Amendments to Draft International Declaration on Human Rights (Document E/600) Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 17 May 1948 Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 17 May 1948 Report of the Drafting Sub-Committee, Consisting of the Representatives of China, France and the United Kingdom, on Article 11 of the Draft International Declaration of Human Rights Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 18 May 1948 Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 18 May 1948 Report of the Drafting Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of Chile, China, United States of America, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, on Articles 5, 6, 7 of the International Declaration on Human Rights Communication Received from Sweden Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 19 May 1948

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Fortieth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 19 May 1948 United States: Amendment to Article 19 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Forty-First Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 20 May 1948 Forty-Second Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 20 May 1948 Forty-Fourth Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Second Session, 21 May 1948 Report of the Drafting Committee to the Commission on Human Rights India and the United Kingdom: Proposed Amendments to the Draft Declaration of Human Rights French Amendment to the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Draft Resolution Submitted by the Representative of the United Kingdom Forty-Sixth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 24 May 1948 Forty-Seventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 24 May 1948 Forty-Eighth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 26 May 1948 Trade Union Rights (Freedom of Association), Memorandum by the Secretary-General China: Amendments to the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Belgium: Amendment to Article 13 of the Draft Declaration of Human Rights Synopsis of the Texts of the Draft Declaration of Human Rights and the Draft International Covenant on Human Rights as Contained in the Report of the Second Session of the Drafting Committee Forty-Ninth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 27 May 1948 Fiftieth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 27 May 1948 Fifty-First Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 28 May 1948 Fifty-Second Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 28 May 1948 Fifty-Third Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 1 June 1948 Fifty-Fourth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 1 June 1948 Lebanon: Amendment to Article 13 of the International Declaration on Human Rights First Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of China, France, India, United Kingdom and Yugoslavia on Article 8 of the Draft Declaration on Human Rights Fifty-Fifth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 2 June 1948 Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 2 June 1948 Communication Received from New Zealand

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Lebanon: Suggested Amendment to Article 16 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Second Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of China, France, India, United Kingdom and Yugoslavia on Article 8 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Fifty-Seventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 3 June 1948 Fifty-Eighth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 3 June 1948 Order of Voting on Proposals and Amendments Concerning Article 13 of the Declaration Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of France, United States of America, United Kingdom, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 4 June 1948 Sixtieth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 4 June 1948 Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of Australia, China, France, Lebanon, India and the United Kingdom on Article 2 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of China, France and the United Kingdom on the Second Paragraph of Article 3 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of France, Lebanon, the United Kingdom and Uruguay, on the Consideration of Article 16 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights and its Relation to Articles 17 and 18 Sixty-First Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 7 June 1948 Sixty-Second Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 7 June 1948 Sixty-Third Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 8 June 1948 Sixty-Fourth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 8 June 1948 Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of Australia, France, India, Philippines, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom and the United States on Article 23 of the Declaration on Human Rights Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Amendment to the Text of Articles 17–18 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights as Suggested by the Conference on Freedom of Information Sixty-Fifth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 9 June 1948 Sixty-Sixth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 9 June 1948 United States of America: Proposed Alternative for the Preamble of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of France, Lebanon, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay, on

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Additional Articles for the Draft International Declaration of Human Rights Panama: Proposal Text for Articles 27–28 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man United Kingdom: Draft Preamble to the International Declaration on Human Rights Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 10 June 1948 Sixty-Eighth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 10 June 1948 France: Amendment to Article 30 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights France: Amendment on Scientific Research Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of France, India and the United Kingdom on Articles 25–26 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Suggestions for a Preamble to the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights, Submitted by the American Federation of Labor Sixty-Ninth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 11 June 1948 Seventieth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 11 June 1948 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Proposal for Articles 25 and 26 of the Draft International Declaration of Human Rights Lebanon: Suggested Preamble for the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights United States of America: Suggestion for New Article of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Substitute for New Article of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Seventy-First Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 14 June 1948 Seventy-Second Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 14 June 1948 United States of America: Proposal for Clause to be added to Article 19 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Preamble Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Draft Preamble to the International Declaration on Human Rights Lebanon: Proposal for Addition to Article 30 Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of Egypt, France, United Kingdom, and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Re-Examination of Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights

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Seventy-Third Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 15 June 1948 Seventy-Fourth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 15 June 1948 Philippine Amendment to Operative Clause of Preamble China and the United States: Proposal Concerning Education for the Declaration on Human Rights Report of the Sub-Committee Consisting of the Representatives of Australia, China, Philippines, United Kingdom and United States of America on Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Preamble on the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Statement by Mr. René Cassin, Representative of France, on the Implementation of Human Rights Report of the Drafting Sub-Committee on the 6th Paragraph of the Preamble of the Draft International Declaration on Human Rights Seventy-Fifth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 16 June 1948 Seventy-Sixth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 16 June 1948 Draft Report of the Commission on Human Rights to the Economic and Social Council Second Report of the Drafting Sub-Committee on the Preamble to the Draft International Declaration of Human Rights France-United States of America: Proposal on the Next Session of the Commission on Human Rights Seventy-Seventh Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 17 June 1948 Seventy-Eighth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 17 June 1948 Draft International Declaration of Human Rights Eightieth Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 18 June 1948 Eighty-First Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, 18 June 1948 Report of the Third Session of the Commission on Human Rights One Hundred and Eightieth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 21 July 1948 Note by the Representative of Canada Two Hundred and First Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 17 August 1948 Two Hundred and Second Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 17 August 1948 Brazil: France: Draft Resolution Two Hundred and Fifteenth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 25 August 1948

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Two-Hundred and Eighteenth Meeting of the Economic and Social Council, 26 August 1948 Economic and Social Council Resolution of 26 August 1948

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Volume III Report of the Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly Report of the Economic and Social Council One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the General Assembly, 23 September 1948 One Hundred and Forty-Fourth Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 September 1948 One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 September 1948 One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Meeting of the General Assembly, 28 September 1948 One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Meeting of the General Assembly, 29 September 1948 Eighty-Eighth Meeting of the Third Committee, 30 September 1948 Eighty-Ninth Meeting of the Third Committee, 30 September 1948 Table of Correlation of Articles of the Draft International Declaration of Human Rights and the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man Ninetieth Meeting of the Third Committee, 1 October 1948 Brazil: Amendment to Second Part of Article 1 Cuba: Amendment to the Draft Declaration Ninety-First Meeting of the Third Committee, 2 October 1948 Ninety-Second Meeting of the Third Committee, 2 October 1948 Dominican Republic: Amendments to the Draft Declaration of Human Rights Cuba: Amendments to the First Nine Articles of the Draft Declaration Cuba: Draft Plan of Work Netherlands: Amendment to the First Paragraph of the Preamble Panama: Amendments to the First Nine Articles of the Draft Declaration Ninety-Third Meeting of the Third Committee, 4 October 1948 Principles of International Morality Adopted at the XXXVIIth Inter-Parliamentary Conference Egypt: Proposal United States of America: Amendments to the Draft Declaration of Human Rights

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Ninety-Fourth Meeting of the Third Committee, 5 October 1948 Peru: Amendment to the Draft Declaration Union of South Africa: Amendments to the Draft Declaration Bolivia: Amendment to the Draft Declaration Guatemala: Amendment to the Draft Declaration Mexico: Amendment to Article 7 of the Draft Declaration Compilation of Amendments to the Draft Declaration of Human Rights Ninety-Fifth Meeting of the Third Committee, 6 October 1948 Uruguay: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Cuba: Amendments to Articles 10–22 of the Draft Declaration Yugoslavia: Amendments to the Draft Declaration Belgium: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Lebanon: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration China: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Iraq: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Greece: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Philippines: Amendment to Article 24 of the Draft Declaration Saudi Arabia: Amendment to Article 14 of the Draft Declaration Saudi Arabia: Amendment to Article 12 of the Draft Declaration Ecuador: Amendment to Article 1 Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Ninety-Sixth Meeting of the Third Committee, 7 October 1948 France: Amendments to the Draft Declaration Ninety-Seventh Meeting of the Third Committee, 8 October 1948 Dominican Republic: Amendment to Article 22 of the Draft Declaration New Zealand: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Venezuela: Amendment to Article 1 of the Draft Declaration Saudi Arabia: Amendment to Article 16 of the Draft Declaration Colombia and Costa Rica: Amendment to Article 19 of the Draft Declaration Chile: Amendment to Article 15 of the Draft Declaration Denmark: Amendment to Article 23 of the Draft Declaration Argentina: Amendments to Articles 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 of the Draft Declaration Sweden: Amendments to Articles 16, 19 and 21 of the Draft Declaration Ninety-Eighth Meeting of the Third Committee, 9 October 1948

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United Kingdom: Amendments to the Preamble and Article 12 of the Draft Declaration Amendments to Article 1, Order Proposed by the Chairman Saudi Arabia: Amendment to Article 10 of the Draft Declaration Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 2 of the Draft Declaration Australia: Amendments to Preamble and Article 23 of the Draft Declaration Panama: Amendments to Articles 10 to 28 of the Draft Declaration Turkey: Amendment to Article 23 of the Draft Declaration Ninety-Ninth Meeting of the Third Committee, 11 October 1948 Hundredth Meeting of the Third Committee, 12 October 1948 Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 3 of the Draft Declaration Lebanon: Amendments to Draft Declaration Cuba: Amendments to Articles 23 to 27 of the Draft Declaration Lebanon: Amendment to the Draft Declaration Netherlands: Amendment to the Draft Declaration Egypt: Amendments to the Draft Declaration Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Amendment to Article 3 of the Draft Declaration Mexico: Amendments to Articles 3, 6, 7, 14, 23 and 25 of the Draft Declaration New Zealand: Amendments to Preamble and Articles 10, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27 of the Draft Declaration Uruguay: Amendment to the Draft Declaration France: Amendments to Draft Declaration of Human Rights Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 3 of the Draft Declaration Uruguay: Proposal Hundred and First Meeting of the Third Committee, 13 October 1948 France: Amendment to the Additional Article in the Declaration Concerning Petitions and Communications Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 4 of the Draft Declaration Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 5 of the Draft Declaration Uruguay, Cuba, Lebanon: Joint Amendment to Article 3 of the Draft Declaration Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 6 Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 7 Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 8 Recapitulation of Amendments to Article 9 Hundred and Second Meeting of the Third Committee, 14 October 1948 France and Lebanon: French Version of Article 2 of the Draft Declaration Lebanon: Amendment to the USSR Amendment to Article 3

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