John Humphrey

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Canadian academic human human rights advocate legal scholar

John Humphrey was a Canadian legal scholar and human rights advocate best known as the principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
John Humphrey canonical	1
John Peters Humphrey	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian ⓘ academic ⓘ human ⓘ human rights advocate ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ
affiliation	Canadian human rights community ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
citizenship	Canadian ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ
employer	United Nations ⓘ
fieldOfWork	human rights law ⓘ international law ⓘ legal scholarship ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
hasHonor	recognition as a key architect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
influenced	development of international human rights standards ⓘ subsequent human rights treaties ⓘ
knownFor	principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ work in international human rights law ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
movement	human rights movement ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableAchievement	contribution to the drafting of foundational international human rights instruments ⓘ
notableWork	drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
occupation	human rights activist ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ university professor ⓘ
positionHeld	Director of the United Nations Division of Human Rights ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ United Nations Headquarters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights → draftingCommitteeMember → John Humphrey ⓘ

John Humphrey Freedom Award → namedAfter → John Humphrey ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Peters Humphrey