René Cassin - Nobel Peace Prize — 1968
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René Cassin

Prize
Nobel Peace Prize — 1968
for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration
Citizenship
France France
Languages
French
date of birth
10/5/1887
place of birth
Bayonne
date of death
2/20/1976
place of death
13th arrondissement of Paris, Paris
Lived
88 years
educated at
  • University of Paris
    • academic degree: Doctor of Juridical Science
  • Faculté de droit d'Aix-en-Provence
    • academic degree: law degree in French speaking countries
    • academic degree: licence ès lettres
    • start time: 1904
    • end time: 1908
  • Lycée Masséna
    • academic degree: baccalauréat
position held
  • member of the Consitutional council
    • end time: 3/2/1971
    • start time: 7/11/1960
  • President of the European Court of Human Rights
    • end time: 6/15/1968
    • start time: 5/20/1965
  • president
    • start time: 1969
    • end time: 2/20/1976
  • president
    • end time: 2/20/1976
    • start time: 1954
  • president
    • end time: 2/20/1976
    • start time: 3/27/1947
  • president
    • end time: 2/20/1976
    • start time: 1943
  • Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
    • end time: 2/20/1976
    • start time: 1/21/1959
  • Vice President of the State Council of France
    • end time: 9/30/1960
    • start time: 11/29/1944
  • president
    • end time: 9/30/1960
    • start time: 1947
  • president
    • start time: 1946
    • end time: 1949
  • president
    • start time: 1922
    • end time: 1924
employer
  • University of Paris
    • end time: 1976
    • start time: 1920
  • University of Lille
    • start time: 1920
    • end time: 1929
  • Faculté de droit d'Aix-en-Provence
    • start time: 1916
    • end time: 1920
  • Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence
member of
  • Empire Defense Council
    • end time: 1941
    • start time: 1940
  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Human Rights League
  • Free French Forces
  • Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
  • Union Fédérale
notable work
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
occupation
  • politician
  • diplomat
  • jurist
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