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Preliminary questions. [1] (1946)

handle is hein.ali/hrbor605505 and id is 1 raw text is: I. INTNNATIONAL BILL OP RIGHTS PRELIMINARY QJJESTIONS 1. Should the bill of rights be drawn to achieve effectiveness through adoption by the United Nations and thus be international? Or should it be drawn to achieve effectiveness as it is written into the law of the land in separate states and thus be universal? 2. Should the individual rights be negatively stated; that is, V safeguard. people against constitutional and legal provisions, and administrative -acts which would curtail the exercise of rights? Or, should they be affirmatively stated? Or both? If statements are to be affirmative, against what threats to human rights are they to be oriented? 3. Should the rights be stated in quite general form on the assumption that their definition and observance should come about through conventions? Or, shouldthere be some effort to spell out rights in the international bill of rights? 4. Should the international bill of rights aim at inclusiveness? If not, will the rights which are not specified - if they are not explicitly denied - be assumed? 5. Sho%%ld the reference to economic rights be specifically in terms of economic rights or in terms of social and civil rights which will enable people to work for economic rights? 6. Phould the international bill of rights rest content with the claims of the people or should it include reference to the responsibilities of the people? If the latter is desired, should the reference be general or specific? The statement here following does not claim the dignity of a first draft. It is offered (a) to provide concrete material in discussing the above questions; -(b) to explore possible leads to the solution of perplexing problems in drafting the international bill of rights. Having reaffirmed faith in the worth and dignity of the human person, states shall recognize the right of all people everywhere to life and, liberty in a society of law and order. They shall create conditions favorable to free- dom of conscience in religion, In intellectual and scientific pursuits, in political relationships, and freedom from fear and want.

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