Nations Human Rights Commission Approves Declaration and Covenant on Human Rights

The U.N. Human Rights Commission met here today in final session, following approval at midnight yesterday of a Declaration of Human ## and a Covenant of Human Rights.

The two documents, together with a recommendation for creation of an International Court of Human Rights–which was not approved by the Commission–will be sent ## U.N. member states. The Declaration is intended for proclamation by the General assembly, while the Covenant will be binding only on those states signing it.

Milton Winn, of the American Jewish Committee, one of the several Jewish ob##ers who have been attending the meeting of the Commission, hailed the approval ##he two documents as particularly significant since they not only formulate an international guarantee of rights but contain measures for implementing those guarantee. He cited the condemnation of incitement to violence against religious and ##al groups a vital adjunct to the principles of religious freedom and equality of women expressed in the Declaration and Covenant.

Mr. Winn, who spoke for the Consultative Board of Jewish Organizations, which ##aces the Anglo-Jewish Association and the Alliance Israelite Francaise, as well ##he American Jewish Committee, lauded the recognition by the Commission that the ## to immigration and resettlement of persecutees is a matter of international con## and its statement that all persons are entitled to nationality, which would ##inate the problem of statelessness. He expressed the hope that appropriate judi## bodies would be set up to supervise the observance of the rights set forth in ## Declaration and Covenant.