By SAUL CARSON
JTA Correspondent in the UN
(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — At
last — it has happened. Eighteen
years after the General Assembly
had adopted — without a single
dissenting vote — the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the
United Nations has taken steps to
transform that famous set of stand-
ards into an achievable reality. Now
the world has before it two UN
Covenants — read: international
treaties — which, when ratified by
a sufficient number' of states, will
require the states to implement the
rights and freedoms proclaimed in
the 1948 Declaration of Human
Rights.
Since the Declaration had been
adopted without dissent, one would
have thought that the covenants for
implementation of those very beau-
tiful words might have been put
through with speed. Eight years
ago, one of the most celebrated
social scientists in the world, Prof.
Rene Cassin, of France, a Jew and
former chairman of the UN Corn-
mission on Human Rights, wrote
these words:
"A special responsibility is
placed upon those nations which
have made the greatest progress
in the field of human rights and
civil rights to play their rightful
role in guiding the developments
which are unfolding in the Unit-
ed Nations to • achieve the high-
est common denominator in the
field of human rights."
Prof. Cassin wrote those words
in 1958, quoting an American-Jew-
ish representative at the U.N., Dr.
Moses Moskowitz, who had writ-
ten a book on""Human Rights and
World Order." The two men—one
of them of world eminence—were
hopeful of early action, back in
1958. By that time, four years had
already elapsed since two draft
covenants on human rights had
been presented to the United Na-
tions, one dealing with economic,
social and cultural rights, the other
with civil and political rights. Now,
six more years, and hundreds of
thousands of words, later — the
votes have been counted. Let no
Israel to Ease Up on Production Curbs
but Continue Cautious Road to Stability
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At Last - United Action at UN on Human Rights Pact
one say that a snail never arrives
at his goal! The debates are over.
The covenants are ready.
Both documents bar discrimina-
tions in the exercise and enjoy-
ment of human rights. They pro-
vide guarantees for preservation
of the cultural, religious and lin-
guistic heritages of minorities —
meaning that in certain countries
(the USSR included) Jews must
have the right to exercise their reli-
gion, to associate freely, to teach
their heritage, to foster and to
teach their languages — Yiddish
and Hebrew.
The documents just adopted go
further. Under separate texts,
which are optional, states would
agree to allow any one state to
"sue" another for human rights
violations and, even more impor-
tant, would allow an individual in
a country to "sue" his own gov-
ernment for human rights viola-
tions. A special UN Human
Rights Committee is being set up
to hear such complaints against
states or by individuals. This, in-
deed, is progress.
Lest one indulges in undue op-
timism, let it be noted that a wide'
gap is still possible between ex-
pressed intent and honest imple-
mentation. States could sign these
texts—and yet fail to implement all
of the provisions. Many here know
that, in the case of the USSR, there
is a broad chasm between the Soviet
Union's constitutional recognition
of religious and cultural rights —
and the USSR's discriminatory
practices against Russian Jewry.
But now, at least and at last,
the law had been laid down. He
who shall violate that law, nation
or individual, would brand himself
an international criminal.
The United Nations — like the
earth — does move.
Autopsy on American Is Protested in Israel
Orthodox groups both inside
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Hadassah
Hospital officials here met with a and outside Israel have protested
Israeli
policies on autopsies.
delegation of Orthodox gi,ups pro-
testing an autopsy carried out on
the body of an elderly American
Friendship
woman who died during a visit to
Friendship is composed of a
relatives in Israel. It was reported
that her wishes about an autopsy single soul inhabiting two bodies.
could not be ascertained before
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her death.
The hospital authorities told the
Orthodox delegation that autopsies
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JERUSALEM — The Israel gov- projects, which were delayed in
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ernment will continue to apply the previous years because existing
brakes to the economy in the corn- manpower was considered too cost-
ing fiscal year, in its pursuit of ly will be resumed under the new
a more stable and more productive
economy, but at a slower pace than budget. Vocational and secondary
at present, the budget presented schools in new immigrant areas
rank high on the list of budget
to parliament Tuesday indicated.
priorities.
The budget presented by Pinhas
President Shazar was among the
Sapir, the finance minister calls
government officials who braved
for expenditures in the fiscal year
flooded roads to get to the Knes-
starting next April of $1,700,000,-
set to attend the presentation of
000, an increase of $144,000,000
the eagerly awaited budget.
over planned outlays for the cur-
rent fiscal year. The ordinary bud-
get calls for only slight increases
in outlays, mainly for social serv-
ices. However. large sums are ear-
marked for development in an ef-
fort to ease Israel's austerity-in-
duced joblessness. More than two-
thirds of the increase in the budget
will go for such projects.
Although larger expenditures
are projected, the budget does
not include any tax rises. Ad-
ditional government income is
projected from larger personal
and corporate income anticipated
from reactivation of the economy.
The finance minister conceded
that the braking operation had
fit
gone too far during the current
fiscal year and created the danger
of crippling production. He said
the 1967 budget was designed to
ease government curbs but without
countering the government's basic
goals of deflating the economy, re-
ducing the world trade gap, holding
Vocalist DINA CLAIRE — Dancing RON & JOY HOLIDAY
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will be presented at the Jewish
Center 2 p.m. Sunday. "Sleeping
Beauty" will be presented by Gil-
mar Productions.
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