213. Since the Costa Rican State defines the embryo as “human being” and “person,” the Court will now review briefly the preparatory work concerning these expressions. Article 1 of the draft human rights convention, approved by the Fourth Meeting of the Inter-American Council of Jurists, 324 established that: The States parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons who are in their territory and who are subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms. 325 214. Meanwhile, Article 2(1) established that: The right to life is inherent in the human being. This right shall be protected by law from the moment 326 of conception. 215. The wording of article 1 of the draft human rights convention submitted by the Government of Uruguay 327 was identical to the draft prepared by the Inter-American Council of Jurists, 328 while article 2(1) indicated: Every human being has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law from the moment of conception. No one can be deprived of life arbitrarily. 329 216. In the “Opinion of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the draft Convention on Human Rights approved by the Inter-American Council of Jurists (Civil and Political Rights), Part I,” and the “Text of the amendments suggested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to the draft Convention on Human Rights prepared by the Inter-American Council of Jurists,” 330 the Commission suggested, with regard to Article 1 of the draft of the Inter-American Council of Jurists, “in the interests of greater brevity and technical precision of the wording” the substitution of the expression “human beings” by “persons.” 331 However, at the same time, it maintained the expression “human being” in Article 2(1), proposing the following wording that included the phrase “in general”: Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law, in general, from the moment of conception. 332 217. Finally, article 1 of the draft Inter-American Convention on Protection of Human Rights established: 324 Cf. Draft human rights convention, approved by the fourth meeting of the Inter-American Council of Jurists, Final proceedings, Santiago de Chile, September 1959. Doc. CIJ-43, in: Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 236. 325 Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 236. 326 Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 236. 327 Draft human rights convention, presented by the Government of Uruguay, Second Special Inter-American Conference, Río de Janeiro, 1965, doc. 49, in: Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 298. 328 Cf. Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 236. 329 Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 236. 330 Text of the amendments suggested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to the draft human rights convention prepared by the Inter-American Council of Jurists, Annex to the document, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.16, doc. 18, in: Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, pp. 356 and ff. 331 Cf. Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 318. 332 Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1968, OAS, Washington D.C., 1973, pp. 320 and 356.