Historical Figure

René Cassin

French jurist and Nobel laureate

About René Cassin

René Samuel Cassin was a French jurist known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

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.