Historical Figure

John Peters Humphrey

Canadian legal scholar (1905–1995)

About John Peters Humphrey

John Peters Humphrey 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 (UDHR), a foundational document in international human rights law adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.Wikipedia ↗

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Legal1948 CE

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Adopted by the UN General Assembly in Paris, the UDHR established for the first time a universal standard of fundamental human rights to be protected for all peoples and nations.