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The drafting process As has been seen, it was not until the Second Session of the CHR in December 1947 that it was decided that the ‘international bill of rights’ should comprise a declaration, a covenant and means of implementation. The Covenant was to provide both a source of legal obligation and define in detail the rights set out in the Declaration. The original intention was to produce all of the elements of the ‘bill’ simultaneously. The Drafting Committee, meeting in June 1947, decided to adopt the articles submitted by the UK as the basis for a draft covenant. This was examined by a working group at the Second Session of the CHR and remodelled to provide: Every person shall have the right to freedom of religion, conscience and belief, including the right, either alone or in community with other persons of like mind, to hold and manifest any practice or belief, to change his belief, and to practice any form of religious worship and observance, and he shall not be required to do any act which is contrary to such worship and observance. Every person of full age and sound mind shall be free, either alone or in a community with other persons of like mind, to give and receive any form of religious teaching [and endeavour to persuade other persons of full age and sound mind of the truth of his beliefs], and in the case of a minor the parent or guardian shall be free to determine what religious teaching he shall receive. […]
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