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John Humphrey
American FootballSoloSackIntSeason 2023210.02John Peters Humphrey OC OQ (April 30, 1905 – March 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He is most famous as the principal author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Mar 16, 2011 · Last Edited February 1, 2022. John Thomas Peters Humphrey, OC, lawyer, diplomat, scholar (born 30 April 1905 in Hampton, NB; died 14 Mar 1995 in Montreal, QC). John Humphrey was the director of the United Nations Human Rights Division from 1946 to 1966. He was instrumental in drafting the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in ...
Oct 18, 2013 · Humphrey was an obscure Canadian law professor. Roosevelt was the world’s most celebrated woman. For two years, they collaborated on the creation of one of the modern world’s great documents: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was adopted on 10 December 1948.
Dec 7, 2023 · The answer comes largely through the experiences of one Canadian: John Peters Humphrey. Humphrey is remembered for his role in helping to draft the UDHR, yet in doing so he was working for the UN and not representing Canada, so the repurposing of his legacy to serve a national mythology around human rights is deeply problematic.
May 24, 2024 · John Peters Humphrey 1905-1980 Canada. Director, UN Division of Human Rights. International lawyer. Mr. Humphrey carried the main responsibility for gathering and analyzing the background...
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The Centre evolved out of the Human Rights Education Foundation originally founded by John Peters Humphrey, a Canadian lawyer and the original drafter of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Apr 9, 2024 · John Humphrey Noyes (born Sept. 3, 1811, Brattleboro, Vt., U.S.—died April 13, 1886, Niagara Falls, Ont., Can.) was the founder of the Oneida Community, the most successful of the utopian socialist communities in the United States.
