ABSTRACT
At the creation of a new international organization that would successfully replace the League of Nations in 1946, United Nations bodies were developed with different mandates. There were several United Nations bodies occupied with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Challenges arose on the communication and influence that these bodies would have on the drafting process. The possibility for the minority of women delegates to influence the drafting process was based on the decisions made regarding structure and mandates of these sometimes-conflicting commissions’ aims. The Commission on Human Rights initially opposed a full Commission on the Status of Women. This chapter focuses the conflicts regarding mandate and influence between these different bodies in the drafting process from 1946 to 1948.
