About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

ACLU committee on international civil liberties. Includes meeting minutes. March 25, 1946. [1] (1946)

handle is hein.ali/hrbor605319 and id is 1 raw text is: Copy sent to J. R. Ellingston April 2, 1946 -a.Roger!7 . Baldwin American Civil Liberties Onion 170 k1ftli 66ien Fiew YoxklO,--New York :Dear -Mr. Baldwinr I have-before x6 your letter of March 27th in Which you enacloe the al n:minUtes- pthe peeting of the Committee on Internation/Civil Liberties held -fonday,.Aarch 25th .at the Parkside Hotel. Your letter suggests that I answer item- 5. . the mi nintes Under Item 5 1 find Prof. Maclver suggested that a study of material should be made, particularly of existing constitutions of _vaoaus -.ountries to find common approaches and that Mr. Finletter suggested that the Amrican Law Institute has doubtless already done this. It has. A Committee of e AmericaaLsaw Institute commsed of representatives of the prinalpkIL- cultures of the-world worked over a statement of Essential Human Rights.in-as.. far as-the members of the Committee could unite in a-short, clear statement of those-Tights. I was chairman of' the Committee. As pert of our work we made - -study of the present Aatloia1 constitutions of the .orld an& the constitutions of those-couhtrzies asbjected by Gerniany as they existed immediately before Hliter came topo-ier. Ve have these constititionsr etV. in the files of the Institute. Further- or oe yturning to the enclosed pamphlet distributed by the Amen- cans -Ilited for World Organization, the first sentence to the comment of each right informs the reader as to how far the right has been vscognized by exiting con- -stitutioils:.-

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most