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11 Howard L.J. 264 (1965)
Some Concepts of Human Rights

handle is hein.journals/howlj11 and id is 274 raw text is: Some Concepts of Human Rights ELIHU LAUTERPACHT* May I, first, express my sense of personal privilege at having been invited to participate in this Symposium, and, secondly, compliment Howard University upon having developed and brought to fruition the idea of this international gathering. I must, in particular, congratulate Professor del Russo, who should be proud and delighted to have succeeded so well in bringing us all together in this grand cause. As the statement on the Sym- posium program indicates, no subject could be of greater import- ance than this one that we are gathered together to discuss - the international law of human rights. Our organizers have provided a feast of speeches on various aspects of the subject. From the position in which I find myself, I suppose I ought to be regarded as something of an hors-d'oeuvre - offering a variety of dishes, each having something in common with the main courses which follow, but not providing enough of each to affect the desire for what follows. Human rights can be considered on two planes, the nation- al and the international. Both fall within our terms of refer- ence. One of the most interesting phenomena in the history of the protection of human rights is the interconnection between national and international activity in the field. International consciousness of human rights has grown out of national aware- ness of the problem; and, in its turn, contemporary national concern with the situation in many parts of the world itself stems from the extent of such international awareness. The work of the United Nations and the emergence of the European Convention on Human Rights owe much to the concepts of hu- man rights developed in the practice of France, the United King- dom, and the United States. And now one finds, in particular, the European Convention on Human Rights reflected in the constitutions of many new states, especially those which were formerly British dependent territories. It will, I venture to believe, be ranked as one of the great achievements of the United Kingdom that, in bringing its former dependent territories to the point of full self-government, it succeeded at the same time in endowing all but two with a constitution which contains specific provisions on human rights, * Trinity College, Cambridge, England.

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