René Cassin

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René Cassin was a French jurist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and key architect of modern human rights law.

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instanceOf French jurist
Nobel laureate
diplomat
human
human rights activist
jurist
awardReceived Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
surface form: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Nansen Refugee Award
Nobel Peace Prize
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris
surface form: Panthéon

Panthéon, Paris
causeOfDeath disease
countryOfCitizenship France
French Third Republic
dateOfBirth 1887-10-05
dateOfDeath 1976-02-20
educatedAt University of Aix-Marseille
Université Paris Cité
surface form: University of Paris
ethnicGroup French Jews
familyName Cassin
fieldOfWork human rights law
international law
public international law
fullName René Cassin self-linksurface differs
surface form: René Samuel Cassin
givenName René
hasHonorificTitle Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
Council of State of France
surface form: Council of State (France)

Free French Forces
European resistance movements
surface form: French Resistance
militaryBranch French Army
militaryRank soldier
movement human rights movement
nativeLanguage French
NobelPrizeCategory Peace
NobelPrizeYear 1968
notableFor being a key architect of modern human rights law
co-drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
notableWork European Convention on Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
occupation civil servant
diplomat
judge
jurist
law professor
participantIn World War I
World War II
placeOfBirth Bayonne
Bayonne, France
placeOfDeath Paris
Paris
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld French delegate to the United Nations
Member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
President of the Alliance Israélite Universelle
President of the European Court of Human Rights
Vice President of the Council of State of France
Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
religion Judaism
residence Paris
surface form: Paris, France
sexOrGender male

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