A plan for the international protection of human rights, capable of implementation at the San Francisco conference even if no agreement is reached there on the promulgation of a detailed international bill of rights, has been formulated by the commission on law and logislation of the American Jewish Congress, it announced today.
In making the plan public, Judge Nathan D. Perlman, chairman of the commission, stated that “the united Jewish representation at San Francisco, composed of dolegates from the American Jewish Conference, World Jewish Congress, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, has been urged to advocate the proposal before the United Nations conference.”
This proposal, Judge Perlman said, calls for the creation of an International Human Rights Agency which shall operate as an independent, functional organization, and shall “act to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms guarantced by the internal laws of the various nations. It shall act also to safeguard the rights and freedoms guaranteed in an international bill of rights when adopted.”
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