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The Drafting of the Human Rights Provisions of the UN Charter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2009

Farrokh Jhabvala
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More than fifty years ago, some fifty States met in San Francisco to draw up the blueprint for the management of the future relations between States. Acting under the influence of the long and bloody conflict that was just coming to an end – a conflict which had left no doubt about the enormous capacity of States for oppressing, torturing and killing large numbers of individuals – the States present at San Francisco radically departed from the past by granting to the new institution certain powers and duties relating to human rights. Prior to the Second World War, there had been virtually no international standards that States were required to respect or observe in dealing with their own people, a void that was made painfully obvious by the Holocaust and other acts of mass brutality and death. Because the term ‘human rights’ basically describes and relates to the relationship between a State or its government and its own people, a relationship that is second to none in being ‘domestic’, the States at San Francisco were ploughing the deepest of all possible inroads into the affairs of sovereign States.

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Netherlands International Law Review , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , May 1997 , pp. 1 - 31
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33. Joint proposal of Brazil, Dominican Republic and Mexico, Doc. G/25, ibid. at p. 536; and France, Doc. G/7(o), ibid. at p. 540. The other two proposals, those of Uruguay and Panama, are cited infra, nn. 34 and 36.

34. Doc. G/7(a)(l), ibid. at pp. 552 and 571.

35. Idem.

36. Doc. G/7(g)(2), ibid. at pp. 545–549. The delegation of Cuba proposed a ‘Declaration of the Rights and Duties of the Individual’, but wanted its proposal to be submitted to the General Assembly. See Doc. 2, G/14(g), 3 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 493 at pp. 495–502.Google Scholar

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38. Third Meeting of Committee I/1, 6 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 281.Google Scholar

39. Sixth Meeting of Committee I/1, ibid. at p. 296. The delegate of Venezuela criticized the ‘timidity’ of the phrase ‘promotion and encouragement of human rights’, and recommended instead a stronger phrase, such as ‘the defense of human rights’. The delegate of Haiti regretted that the concept of human rights appeared in Chapter I (Purposes) of the Charter but not in Chapter II (Principles), which ‘would have committed [nations] to definite adherence’ to the principle of promotion of human rights. See ‘Progress Report of Sixth Meeting of Committee I/1’, p. 2, unpublished files, UN archives, New York.

40. However, it was clear that this task was not one that could be completed at San Francisco. See infra n. 57 and associated text.

41. Sixth Meeting of Committee I/1, 6 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 296; and ‘Progress Report of Sixth Meeting of Committee 1/1’, supra n. 39.Google Scholar

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43. Although attention was paid at San Francisco to the need to have a document that could receive the consent of the US Senate, it would be incorrect to conclude therefrom that other Big Powers had no problems with an enumeration of human rights in the Charter. Given the positions taken by the Soviet Union during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the two covenants, it would not be unreasonable to surmise that the Soviet Union would have strenuously objected to the specific inclusion of civil and political rights in the UN Charter. See also supra n.l and infra n. 57.

44. Also see infra nn. 85, 88 and 95 and associated texts.

45. Report of the Rapporteur, Subcommittee I/l/A to Committee I/1, supra n. 42 at p. 705.

46. Idem.

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50. 12 Dept. of State Bulletin (June 3, 1945) p. 1011 (emphasis added).

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54. Tenth Meeting of Committee I/1, 6 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 324.Google Scholar The Rapporteur's report did so indicate; see Report of the Rapporteur of Committee 1 to Commission I, Doc. 885, I/1/34, ibid. at p. 396.

55. Report of the Rapporteur, Subcommittee I/l/A to Committee 1/1, supra n. 42 at p. 705.

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61. Verbatim minutes of the Second Meeting of Commission I, 6 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 65.Google Scholar The Report of the Rapporteur of Commission I states that this article ‘received unanimous approbation’ in Commission I; Doc. 1142 I/9, ibid. at p. 230.

62. These provisions drew upon the Bruce Committee report of the League of Nations. See Report of the Special Committee, The Development of International Co-operation in Economic and Social Affairs, Special Supplement to the Monthly Summary of the League of Nations, vol. 19 (1939).Google Scholar

63. Terms of Reference for Commission II, Doc. 74, II/2, 8 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 16;Google Scholar and First Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. vol. 10 p. 5.

64. Section A(2) of Chapter IX and Section B(7) of Chapter V dealt, respectively, with the proposed functions of the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly relating to the coordination of the existing and anticipated specialized agencies.

65. Doc. 2, G/29, 3 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, pp. 623, 626–627;Google Scholar and Doc. 157, II/3/5, 10 UNCIO pp. 299–329.Google Scholar

66. These proposals are included in Docs. 157, II/3/5, and 206, II/3/5(a), ibid. vol. 10, pp. 299–370.

67. Doc. 1, G/l, 3 UNCIO p. 19.Google Scholar

68. Doc. 2, G/29, ibid. at p. 626. The words added by the Sponsoring Powers’ amendment are emphasised.

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78. Ibid. at pp. 306–308.

79. First Report of Drafting Subcommittee, Doc. 358, II/3/A/1, ibid. at p. 373. Committee 1/1 adopted a similar statement; see supra n. 54 and associated text.

80. Doc. 2, G/14(l), p. 4; reproduced in Doc. 157, II/3/5, ibid. at p. 306. There were, of course, other proposals that sought to strengthen the human rights reference in Chapter I, paragraph 3, discussed above.

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86. Ninth Meeting of Committee II/3, 10 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 52.Google Scholar

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88. Ibid. at pp. 57–58.

89. Tenth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. p. 58.

90. Idem.

91. Ibid. at p. 59.

92. Eleventh Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 83.

93. Idem. See also Report of the Rapporteur of Committee II/3, supra n. 84 at pp. 271–272. This report was approved without discussion by Commission II. Verbatim Minutes of Second Meeting of Commission II, 8 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 64.Google Scholar The Rapporteur's report as adopted by Commission II appeared as Doc. 924, II/12, ibid. at pp. 79–93.

94. Ninth Meeting of Committee II/3, 10 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 52.Google Scholar

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96. Report of the Rapporteur of Committee II/3, supra n. 84 at p. 280.

97. Doc. 2, G/14(l), 3 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, pp. 546–547. In addition, the delegate of Canada proposed that members agree to cooperate fully with each other and with the UN to achieve the stated objectives. See ‘Private Agenda of Chairman (of Committee II/3) for Meeting of May 11, 1945’, unpublished files, UN archives, New York.Google Scholar

98. Ibid. pp. 546–547.

99. Supra n. 71 and associated text.

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101. Twelfth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. p. 100.

102. Idem.

103. Sixth report of the drafting subcommittee of Committee II/3, Doc. WD 46, II/3/35, ibid. at p. 394.

104. Fourteenth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 130.

105. Fifteenth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 139.

106. Idem.

107. Idem.

108. Ibid. at p. 140.

109. Idem.

110. Eighth report of the drafting subcommittee II/3/A, Doc. WD 66, II/3/A/7, ibid. at p. 401.

111. Seventeenth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 161. See also ‘Progress Report, June 1, 1945, Status of the Work of Committee II/3’, p. 1, unpublished files, UN archives, New York.

112. Coordination Committee, 15 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 90.Google Scholar

113. Doc. 1, G/l, ibid. vol. 3, pp. 19–20.

114. Doc. 2, G/29, ibid. at p. 627.

115. Third report of the drafting subcommittee, supra n. 100 at p. 380.

116. Ibid. at pp. 380–381.

117. Eleventh Meeting of Committee II/3, 10 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 84.Google Scholar

118. Report of the Rapporteur of Committee II/3, supra n. 84 at pp. 275 and 282.

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121. Doc. 1, G/l, ibid. vol. 3, pp. 5–6. Para. 7 of the same section proposed to authorize the Assembly to make recommendations for the coordination of the policies of the specialized agencies.

122. Doc. 2, G/29, ibid. p. 623. The Sponsoring Powers’ amendment also gave die Assembly the power of examining die ‘administrative budgets’ of the specialized agencies and making recom- mendations to them.

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125. Report of the Rapporteur of Committee II/3, supra n. 84 at p. 274.

126. Coordination Committee, 15 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 54.Google Scholar

127. Doc. 1, G/l, ibid. vol. 3, p. 3.

128. Ibid. at p. 21.

129. Doc. 157, II/3/5, ibid. vol. 10, pp. 300–301; and, First Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 6.

130. Fourth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 22.

131. Doc. 2, G/29, 3 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 627.Google Scholar

132. Respectively proposed by Brazil (Doc. 2, G/7(o)(3)), Haiti (Doc. 2, G/7(b)(l)), the Philippine Commonwealth (Doc. 2, G/14(k)), and Panama (Doc. 2, G/7(g)(a)); reproduced in Doc. 157 II/3/5, ibid. vol. 3, pp. 325–327. Uruguay also proposed a commission on ‘education and culture’, Doc. 2, G/7(a)(l), reproduced in Doc. 206, II/3/5(a), ibid. at p. 339.

133. Thirteenth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 122. This reversal in the US position was due to the fact that the ‘unofficial consultants’ to the US delegation favored a full-fledged specialized agency for cultural matters and that negotiations were already under way at the time for the establishment of UNESCO. See Russell, and Muther, , op. cit. n. 4, at p. 792.Google Scholar

134. The States which preferred such an approach were Canada and New Zealand. Russell and Muther, op. cit. n. 4, at p. 792. 135. Idem. In contrast, the United States was strongly in favor of commissions comprised solely of experts. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, felt that no expert could be independent of his government. Russell, and Muther, , op. cit. n. 4, at p. 794.Google Scholar

136. Fourteenth Meeting of Committee II/3, 10 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 131.Google Scholar

137. Seventh report of drafting subcommittee II/3/A, Doc. WD 61, II/3/A/61, ibid. at p. 398.

138. Sixteenth Meeting of Committee II/3, ibid. at p. 151.

139. Idem.

140. Idem.

141. Ibid. at p. 152. The US delegate was strongly committed to the creation of a commission on human rights and to its mention in the Charter. Russell, and Muther, , op. cit. n. 4, at p. 792.Google Scholar

142. Coordination Committee, 15 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 95. The last sentence of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals relating to a permanent staff for the Council appears in Charter Art. 101(2).Google Scholar

143. Russell, and Muther, , op. cit. n. 4, at p. 808.Google Scholar The Report of the Rapporteur of Committee II/4 to Commission II, states that the committee ‘found no terms of reference for its work in the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals’. Doc. 1115, 10 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 607,Google Scholar reprinted in The United Nations Conference on International Organization, Selected Documents(1946) pp. 650–660Google Scholar (cited hereinafter as ‘Selected Documents’). Similarly, the Chairman of Committee II/4 advised the committee at its first meeting that the Dumbarton Oaks draft and the Chinese proposals ‘contained nothing which could form a basis for this Committee's work’. Summary Report of First Meeting of Committee II/4, Doc. 113, ibid. p. 423.

144. Russell, and Muther, , op. cit. n. 4, at p. 808.Google Scholar

145. Ibid. at pp. 808–809.

146. The Working Paper was prepared by the American delegation and took into account the suggestions of the other sponsoring governments, France, Australia and Mexico. Fourth Meeting of Committee II/4, Doc. 310, 10 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 439.Google Scholar The text of the Working Paper is in Doc. 323, ibid. p. 677, reprinted in Selected Documents, op. cit. n. 143, at pp. 647–649Google Scholar (see fn. 14 there). It was discussed and ‘accepted’ by the four sponsoring governments and France, although its text included the disclaimer that it was ‘not proposed by any government at this time …’ ibid. p. 677; Selected Documents at p. 647 and fn. 14 there.

147. Doc. 323, ibid. p. 677; Russell, and Muther, , op. cit. n. 4, at pp. 808–809.Google Scholar

148. See Doc. 323, ibid. pp. 677–683; Selected Documents, op. cit. n. 143, at pp. 647–649.Google Scholar The US paper, entitled ‘Arrangements for International Trusteeship’, upon which the Working Paper was largely based, also did not include any specific references to, or obligations to respect, human rights. The US paper is reproduced in US Dept. of State, Postwar Foreign Policy Preparation, 1939–1945, Publication 3580 (February 1950), Appendix 63, pp. 686–687, reprinted in Russell, and Muther, , op. cit. n. 4, Appendix K at pp. 1030–1031.Google Scholar

149. Statement of the delegate of China, Third Meeting of Committee II/4, Doc. 260, 10 UNCIO, op. cit. n. 3, p. 434.Google Scholar

150. Idem. Committee II/4 was split on the idea of independence. Among the States that addressed the issue, Britain was opposed to the inclusion of independence as one of the objectives of the trusteeship system whereas the Soviet Union and Mexico were in favor of the inclusion of independence as an objective of die proposed system. Fourth Meeting of Committee II/4, Doc. 310, ibid. at pp. 440–441; Fifth Meeting of Committee II/4, Doc. 364, ibid. at p. 446.

151. Thirteenth Meeting of Committee II/4, Doc. 877, ibid. p. 513; Docs. 892, 912, ibid. pp. 525 and 533 respectively.

152. Another issue that exercised delegates was the possibility that particular territories might be identified for inclusion in the trusteeship system. These concerns were allayed by the committee chairman, who assured those at die meeting that ‘each delegate on die Committee would have every opportunity to make sure that nothing went into die Charter that would prejudice die rights of his country’. Fifth Meeting of Committee II/4, Doc. 364, ibid. p. 446. Russell, and Mudier, , op. cit. n. 4, at pp. 831–832.Google Scholar

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154. Verbatim minutes of die Second Meeting of Commission II, ibid. vol. 8, p. 60.