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38 A.L.I. Rep. 1 (2015-2016)

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          THE ALI



Reporter


   THE QUARTERLY  NEWSLETTER  OF THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE




ALI and Human Rights:


75th Anniversary of the


Statement of Essential


Human Rights

2016 marks the 75th anniversary ofthe inception ofthe Statement ofEssential
Human Rights (1941), a groundbreaking work drafted under the auspices
of The American Law Institute. The Statement played a critical role in the
development of human rights, despite the fact that it was Americans United
for World Organization, rather than the Institute, that ultimately published it.

















Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman ofHuman Rights Commission, and Dr. Charles
Malik, Chairman of the General Assembly's Third Committee (second from right),
during press conference after the completion ofthe Declaration ofHumanRights.
@ UNPhoto


In the wake of World War II, the need to identify essential human rights
was greater than ever. That fact was not lost on William Draper Lewis, ALI's
founding Director, and Warren A. Seavey, esteemed Co-Reporter on four of
the Institute's original Restatements, who sought to create a statement of
fundamental civil rights. Seavey, in a letter to the Institute's membership,
explained the project as follows:

    The statement will involve an analysis of the bases of human
    freedom; the statement of rights with a view of the customs of
    various countries that should be successfully protected; and an
    exposition of the meaning of various symbolic phrases which
    express interest of freedom, such as freedom of religion, freedom
    of speech, freedom of work.

    Letter from WarrenA. Seavey, ALIMember, to TheAmerican Law
    Institute (Dec. 8,1941) (on file with The American Law Institute).


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