René Cassin
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René Cassin | |
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law professor and judge | |
Known for | Advocacy for Human Rights |
Notable work | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1968) |
René Samuel Cassin (5 October 1887 – 20 February 1976) was a French jurist known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Born in
On 24 June 1940, during the
Between 1944 and 1959, Cassin was a member of the
Seconded to the
Early life
Cassin was born in
First World War
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Cassin served in the
Interwar period
He helped to found the Union fédérale, a leftist pacifist organization for veterans.
Cassin also headed many
In 1920, Cassin was appointed professor of law at Lille and in 1929 at Paris, where he continued to teach until 1960. In addition, he taught at the Academy of International Law of The Hague, and at the
As a French delegate to the League of Nations from 1924 to 1938, Cassin pressed for progress on disarmament and for developing institutions to aid the resolution of international conflicts.[citation needed]
Second World War
Refusing the armistice, Cassin embarked on a British ship, the SS Ettrick, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz on 24 June 1940, and joined General Charles de Gaulle in London to help him continue the war against Germany. Cassin was, therefore, one of the first to join de Gaulle.[6][page needed] De Gaulle needed legal help to draft the statutes of Free France and so Cassin's arrival in London was very welcome.[7]
René Cassin did not speak English but already knew leading academics and political figures like British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden.[8]
In April 1941, Cassin made a radio broadcast from London by addressing himself especially to
Later life and career
After the war, Cassin was assigned to the United Nations to help draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Working from a list of rights elaborated by the Canadian scholar and professor of law John Humphrey, Cassin produced a revised draft and expanded the text.[10]
He served on the UN Human Rights Commission and the Hague Court of Arbitration.
He was also a member (1959–1965) and president (1965–1968) of the European Court of Human Rights. The court building is now on Allée René Cassin, in Strasbourg.[citation needed]
In 1945, General de Gaulle suggested that Cassin, having done so much for the French people, also do something to help the Jewish people. Cassin became the president of the French-Jewish
In 1947, Cassin created the French Institute of Administrative Sciences (IFSA). He was the first president of the association, which organized many conferences to help to develop the French doctrine in administrative law.[clarification needed]
On 10 November 1950, he was photographed at a UN radio, alongside Karim Azkoul, Georges Day and Herald CL Roy, participating in a roundtable discussion for the use of French-speaking countries. That is perhaps all the more interesting because Azkoul and Cassin differed so strongly in their perspectives concerning the politics of Zionism.[12]
Cassin died in
Legacy
In 2001, the
The René Cassin Medal is awarded by the CCJO to those who have made an outstanding global contribution to human rights. As the head of the Alliance Israélite in France, Cassin had pursued civil rights for the Jews and was an active Zionist.[citation needed]
A high school in Jerusalem is named after him.[citation needed] [13]
In 2003, the
The law campus of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University is named after him. [15]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780773576667.
- ^ "René Cassin » Making the Jewish Case for Human Rights – Monsieur René Cassin". 26 February 2019.
- ^ a b Union Fédérale 2016.
- ^ Haberman 1972, p. 386.
- ^ "Cassin, René Samuel". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ Crémieux-Brilhac 1996.
- ^ Glendon 2001, p. 62.
- ^ René Cassin, l'inconnu du Panthéon
- ^ Glendon 2001, p. 63.
- ^ Glendon 2001, p. 62–65.
- ^ Winter 2012.
- ^ Photo/MB, UN (10 November 1950). "Round Table Discussion over U.N. Radio". www.unmultimedia.org. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Rene Cassin Darca, Jerusalem".
- ^ "Premio René Cassin". 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Le campus Port-Royal | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne". Pantheon Sorbonne University. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
Works cited
- Crémieux-Brilhac, Jean-Louis (1996). La France libre: de l'appel du 18 juin à la Libération [Free France: from the Appeal of 18 June to Liberation]. La suite des temps (in French). Gallimard. OCLC 889439434.
- Glendon, Mary Ann (2001). A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. London: Random House. OCLC 1011165627.
- Haberman, Frederick W.; Nobelstiftelsen (1972). Peace: 1951-1970. Elsevier Publishing Company. OCLC 500252296.
- "Hommage à René Cassin - Union Fédérale". Union Fédérale. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- Winter, Jay (8 February 2012). "René Cassin and the Alliance Israelite Universelle". Modern Judaism. 32 (1): 1–21. OCLC 785309079.
External links
- René Cassin on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1968 The Charter of Human Rights
- CCJO.RenéCassin Human Rights Group