economic and social co uncu
и NI TED NA TI ON S
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CO UNCU стсзвхт m m m тттв s i x t h üeseioo SUMMABY EECOBD 0?- THE OïîE т Ю В Ж ) .А?Ш SIXTY.FIRST М Е Е Т Ш О Held a t Ls-rg биссаез, .tíew York, on Wôcl«.9adQy, Ip A p r i l 1 $ 5 0 , a t 3 р.ю^
D r a f t I n t e m a t l o a a l oovenpxf ob búman rig^sts - Annexée I and I I of the Eeport of the F i f t h Seeeion of the CoaoiBsion ею Human E l ^ t e '(E/1371) (contipueft) Artio-le 16 (Е/'/йЛ/Зб'З, Е/сиЛ/З^З/Айа.Ю, ^/шЛ/звр., л:,' .ïîoit) ;
Е^иЛ/358,
A r t i c l e Х7 (}С/:;Й.'+/Зб?, S/CN.4/353/Add.lû,
Е/(ЖЛ/36о,
Е/Ьо^/Збо/Согга, E/t-Sol+AlS, E/cSr,VA2i^ "(continued) .Appotntiseîît of a s t y l e comaittee Chaircwnt
iire, ROGSSVILT
United States of Araeriou
Menborflî.
Mr. WHITIAM
Australia
№.. NISOT
ВеЗ^иго
Mr. "VAIMZÜEIA
Chile
Mr. CHANG
China
Mr. бОЙЕИаШ
Бейюагк Egypt•
Members (continued); Mr. LEROY-ВЕДиЫШ
France
Mr. OniODOBOPOULOS
Greece
Mrs. ЖЕЧА
India
Mr. МАЬЖ Mr, MiíIDSZ
Fhi:-..ippbee
Mlaa BOWIE
UnJ.t,;,4 :Ьгз1от of Great B r i t a i n ап'.'. Vïu,t;them Ireland
Mr. OEIBE
Uriigaay
Mr. JEYfiEMOVIC
YugoeJjavia
Bepreeentatives of non-governmental o r ^ n l z a t l o n s : Cj9tef;or,v A¿ Mies SENDER
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Confederation of Free Тгаб.а 'и\Г:.о-о.а (lOFTü)
Mies LIOHT
World Federotj.ov. of tfeiited Nations AaBûoiatlons (WFUNA )
Mr. EASTMAN
CoramiBsion of the Churches on International Affairs
Category B; Mr. NOIDE Mr. MOSKOWITZ
Consultative Council of J e v l s h Ortijanizatione
Mr. BERNSTEIN
Co-ordinating Board of Jewish Organizations
Mr. HUNTINGTON
Friends World Coffltnittee
Misa DINGMAW
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union f o r C h l M We^J'are
Miss SCHAEFER
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union of C a t h o l i c Women's Leagues
Mr. FERLZWEIG
World Jevrieh Congress
Mr, HUMPHREY
D i r e c t o r of the D i v i s i o n of Human Rights
Mr. SCHWELB
A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r of the D i v i s i o n of Human Rights
Consultative
Secretariat:
Mr, Ш Mr.
MOUSHENG
Secretarlee of the Commission
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n r r a m t i o K A L COVENANT ON HUMAN BIOEPS —
АШГШХЕЗ I AND I I
OF THE REPOBT OF
THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN EIGHTS (E/1371) (Continued) (E/CN.V365,
A r t i c l e 16
E/GN.V353/Aàd'.lO, E / C N . V 3 5 8 ,
Е/СЫЛ/З82,
.E/ÇN.1^A29)
Paragraph X 1.
Mr. SOBENSON (Dexanark) recaJJLed that the Conmlttee set up to examine the
Report of the 8иЪ-Ссяйа1вэ1оп on Prevention of Discrimination ала the Protection of Minorities had examined that a r t i c l e and the other a r t i c l e s connected with the r i g h t s of m i n o r i t i e s , and considered the text to Ъе s a t i s f a c t o r y .
As Rapporteur
of the said Coáililttée, however> he d i d not think that the opinion of the Committee as a whole In any way
impaired the r i g h t of i t s menbere to expreçs t h e i r i n d i v i d u a l
opinions i n the Commission.'
2.
- ,
The CHAIRMAN reminded the Coraaieeion that the Egyptian
representative
had proposed an addition to paragraph 1 and i n v i t e d him to introduce h i s amendment.
3.
Mr, EAMADAN (Egypt) was
he misinterpreted and he was
a f r a i d that the amendment he had proposed might
anxious i n consequence to state formally that h i s
delegation had always heeii i n favour of the adoption of the paragraph ensia-ing everyone t)ir3 freodom to manifest h i s r e l i g i o n .
That p r i n c i p l e was
i n confonnity
with the provle.ions of the Egyptian C o n s t i t u t i o n , a r t i c l e 12 of which stated that freedom of conscience was absolute and a r t i c l e I 3 o f which provided ttiat the State should protect the free exercise of a l l r e l i g i o n s within the l i m i t a t i o n s of the
law^
Since time immemorial d i f f e r e n t ireligious ooraaunlties had l i v e d i n perfect peace and harmony on Egyptian t e r r i t o r y and he would c e r t a i n l y have voted i n favour of paragraph 1 of A r t i c l e I 6 , that was
i f tho r i g h t s p e c i f i e d therein had not r a i s e d a problem
p a r t i c u l a r l y complex not only i n Egypt but i n a l l the countries of the
Middle East. .
Paragraph 1 gave everyone the r i g h t to change h i s r e l i g i o n , but i n Egypt
as i n other countries such freedom could Involve abuses such as had frequently been committed i n the past and would continue
to be committed i f that paragraph were to
be adopted without the Introduction of some kind of l e g a l r e s t r i c t i o n s . 5.
The communities of the d i f f e r e n t C h r i s t i a n sects as w e l l as the
communities were governed by thçlr own
laws regarding personal status and
other the
obligations of t h e i r members were determined according to the provisions of t h e i r / r e l i g i o u s laws.
E/CN.WSB.I6I
Pago k
religious lave.
For example, those C h r i s t i a n n a t i o n a l s vho v e r e Eoman C a t h o l i c
could not be divorced because the canon law. d i d not recognize d i v o r c e .
To escape
the p r o v i s i o n s of the law, those vho wished t o divorce became converted t o Islam which recognized d i v o r c e .
Obviously there was nothing sincere i n such conversions.
I n other cases the purpose of. the conversion was t o escape the irksome payment of alimony.
There were always uziprlnclpled persons who would take advantage o f such
a p r o v i s i o n and. thus harm the l e g i t i m a t e i n t e r e s t s of persone e n t i t l e d t o the p r o t e c t i o n of the l a v and of s o c i e t y , 6.
He was i n no way opposed to. the p r i n c i p l e o f the f i g h t t o change onrî's
r e l i g i o n so long as that change was based on genuine c o n v i c t i o n , and h i s amendment concerned only a s p e c i f i c l e g a l p o i n t .
I f his^amendment was r e j e c t e d , he would
ask f o r a separate vote on the words "freedom t o change h i s r e l i g i o n or b e l i e f which he would be obliged toqipose. 7,
Miss BOWIE (United Kingdom) suggested t h a t the Egyptian representative's
problem might be solved by r e p l a c i n g the f i r s t two words of paragraph 2 of a r t i c l e 16 by the words "these freedoms". p,^
Mr. EAÎ-1AI)A!
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CO UNCU стсзвхт m m m тттв s i x t h üeseioo SUMMABY EECOBD 0?- THE OïîE т Ю В Ж ) .А?Ш SIXTY.FIRST М Е Е Т Ш О Held a t Ls-rg биссаез, .tíew York, on Wôcl«.9adQy, Ip A p r i l 1 $ 5 0 , a t 3 р.ю^
D r a f t I n t e m a t l o a a l oovenpxf ob búman rig^sts - Annexée I and I I of the Eeport of the F i f t h Seeeion of the CoaoiBsion ею Human E l ^ t e '(E/1371) (contipueft) Artio-le 16 (Е/'/йЛ/Зб'З, Е/сиЛ/З^З/Айа.Ю, ^/шЛ/звр., л:,' .ïîoit) ;
Е^иЛ/358,
A r t i c l e Х7 (}С/:;Й.'+/Зб?, S/CN.4/353/Add.lû,
Е/(ЖЛ/36о,
Е/Ьо^/Збо/Согга, E/t-Sol+AlS, E/cSr,VA2i^ "(continued) .Appotntiseîît of a s t y l e comaittee Chaircwnt
iire, ROGSSVILT
United States of Araeriou
Menborflî.
Mr. WHITIAM
Australia
№.. NISOT
ВеЗ^иго
Mr. "VAIMZÜEIA
Chile
Mr. CHANG
China
Mr. бОЙЕИаШ
Бейюагк Egypt•
Members (continued); Mr. LEROY-ВЕДиЫШ
France
Mr. OniODOBOPOULOS
Greece
Mrs. ЖЕЧА
India
Mr. МАЬЖ Mr, MiíIDSZ
Fhi:-..ippbee
Mlaa BOWIE
UnJ.t,;,4 :Ьгз1от of Great B r i t a i n ап'.'. Vïu,t;them Ireland
Mr. OEIBE
Uriigaay
Mr. JEYfiEMOVIC
YugoeJjavia
Bepreeentatives of non-governmental o r ^ n l z a t l o n s : Cj9tef;or,v A¿ Mies SENDER
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Confederation of Free Тгаб.а 'и\Г:.о-о.а (lOFTü)
Mies LIOHT
World Federotj.ov. of tfeiited Nations AaBûoiatlons (WFUNA )
Mr. EASTMAN
CoramiBsion of the Churches on International Affairs
Category B; Mr. NOIDE Mr. MOSKOWITZ
Consultative Council of J e v l s h Ortijanizatione
Mr. BERNSTEIN
Co-ordinating Board of Jewish Organizations
Mr. HUNTINGTON
Friends World Coffltnittee
Misa DINGMAW
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union f o r C h l M We^J'are
Miss SCHAEFER
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union of C a t h o l i c Women's Leagues
Mr. FERLZWEIG
World Jevrieh Congress
Mr, HUMPHREY
D i r e c t o r of the D i v i s i o n of Human Rights
Mr. SCHWELB
A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r of the D i v i s i o n of Human Rights
Consultative
Secretariat:
Mr, Ш Mr.
MOUSHENG
Secretarlee of the Commission
MS
/DRAFT
Е/ШЛ/ЗВ.161
Page 3
mm!
n r r a m t i o K A L COVENANT ON HUMAN BIOEPS —
АШГШХЕЗ I AND I I
OF THE REPOBT OF
THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN EIGHTS (E/1371) (Continued) (E/CN.V365,
A r t i c l e 16
E/GN.V353/Aàd'.lO, E / C N . V 3 5 8 ,
Е/СЫЛ/З82,
.E/ÇN.1^A29)
Paragraph X 1.
Mr. SOBENSON (Dexanark) recaJJLed that the Conmlttee set up to examine the
Report of the 8иЪ-Ссяйа1вэ1оп on Prevention of Discrimination ала the Protection of Minorities had examined that a r t i c l e and the other a r t i c l e s connected with the r i g h t s of m i n o r i t i e s , and considered the text to Ъе s a t i s f a c t o r y .
As Rapporteur
of the said Coáililttée, however> he d i d not think that the opinion of the Committee as a whole In any way
impaired the r i g h t of i t s menbere to expreçs t h e i r i n d i v i d u a l
opinions i n the Commission.'
2.
- ,
The CHAIRMAN reminded the Coraaieeion that the Egyptian
representative
had proposed an addition to paragraph 1 and i n v i t e d him to introduce h i s amendment.
3.
Mr, EAMADAN (Egypt) was
he misinterpreted and he was
a f r a i d that the amendment he had proposed might
anxious i n consequence to state formally that h i s
delegation had always heeii i n favour of the adoption of the paragraph ensia-ing everyone t)ir3 freodom to manifest h i s r e l i g i o n .
That p r i n c i p l e was
i n confonnity
with the provle.ions of the Egyptian C o n s t i t u t i o n , a r t i c l e 12 of which stated that freedom of conscience was absolute and a r t i c l e I 3 o f which provided ttiat the State should protect the free exercise of a l l r e l i g i o n s within the l i m i t a t i o n s of the
law^
Since time immemorial d i f f e r e n t ireligious ooraaunlties had l i v e d i n perfect peace and harmony on Egyptian t e r r i t o r y and he would c e r t a i n l y have voted i n favour of paragraph 1 of A r t i c l e I 6 , that was
i f tho r i g h t s p e c i f i e d therein had not r a i s e d a problem
p a r t i c u l a r l y complex not only i n Egypt but i n a l l the countries of the
Middle East. .
Paragraph 1 gave everyone the r i g h t to change h i s r e l i g i o n , but i n Egypt
as i n other countries such freedom could Involve abuses such as had frequently been committed i n the past and would continue
to be committed i f that paragraph were to
be adopted without the Introduction of some kind of l e g a l r e s t r i c t i o n s . 5.
The communities of the d i f f e r e n t C h r i s t i a n sects as w e l l as the
communities were governed by thçlr own
laws regarding personal status and
other the
obligations of t h e i r members were determined according to the provisions of t h e i r / r e l i g i o u s laws.
E/CN.WSB.I6I
Pago k
religious lave.
For example, those C h r i s t i a n n a t i o n a l s vho v e r e Eoman C a t h o l i c
could not be divorced because the canon law. d i d not recognize d i v o r c e .
To escape
the p r o v i s i o n s of the law, those vho wished t o divorce became converted t o Islam which recognized d i v o r c e .
Obviously there was nothing sincere i n such conversions.
I n other cases the purpose of. the conversion was t o escape the irksome payment of alimony.
There were always uziprlnclpled persons who would take advantage o f such
a p r o v i s i o n and. thus harm the l e g i t i m a t e i n t e r e s t s of persone e n t i t l e d t o the p r o t e c t i o n of the l a v and of s o c i e t y , 6.
He was i n no way opposed to. the p r i n c i p l e o f the f i g h t t o change onrî's
r e l i g i o n so long as that change was based on genuine c o n v i c t i o n , and h i s amendment concerned only a s p e c i f i c l e g a l p o i n t .
I f his^amendment was r e j e c t e d , he would
ask f o r a separate vote on the words "freedom t o change h i s r e l i g i o n or b e l i e f which he would be obliged toqipose. 7,
Miss BOWIE (United Kingdom) suggested t h a t the Egyptian representative's
problem might be solved by r e p l a c i n g the f i r s t two words of paragraph 2 of a r t i c l e 16 by the words "these freedoms". p,^
Mr. EAÎ-1AI)A!
