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| − | + | BoCassin was born in [[Bayonne]] in the south of France. He attended University of Aix-en-Provence graduating in 1908 with degrees in the humanities and in law. He then achieved first place in the examination to qualify as a lawyer and his doctorate in 1914 in law, politics and economics. He began his legal career in Paris in 1909 as counsel at the Paris Court. During [[World War I]] he was drafted into the army and was seriosuly wounded by German fire. He was lucky to survive. His own mother happened to be a nurse in the hospital to which he was taken. She persuaded reluctant surgeons to operate on her son. | |
| + | Following his discharge became a Professor of Law at the University of Aix-en-Provence, and later moved to Lille (1920) and then to the [[University of Paris]] in 1929. He remained there until his retirement from teaching in 1960. | ||
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| + | Cassin made a major scholarly contribution in the feild of equal rights for women, human rights, inheritance law as well as in several areas of civil and contract law. He lectured widely, visiting Africa, the Middle East and the Far East and also teaching at such institutions as the French National School of Overseas Territories, the Academy of International Law at The Hague, and the University Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva. | ||
| − | + | His interest and expertise in international law resulted in his appoitment as France's delegate to the [[League of Nations]] from 1924 to 1938, where he pressed for progress on disarmament and in developing institutions to aid the resolution of international conflicts. | |
===French Government in Exile=== | ===French Government in Exile=== | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 9 July 2007
- This article is about the person named René Cassin; for the human-rights group named after him, see CCJO_René_Cassin
René Samuel Cassin (5 October 1887 – 20 February 1976) was a French jurist and judge. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 for his work in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. That same year, he was also awarded one of the UN's own Human Rights Prizes.
Early Years
BoCassin was born in Bayonne in the south of France. He attended University of Aix-en-Provence graduating in 1908 with degrees in the humanities and in law. He then achieved first place in the examination to qualify as a lawyer and his doctorate in 1914 in law, politics and economics. He began his legal career in Paris in 1909 as counsel at the Paris Court. During World War I he was drafted into the army and was seriosuly wounded by German fire. He was lucky to survive. His own mother happened to be a nurse in the hospital to which he was taken. She persuaded reluctant surgeons to operate on her son. Following his discharge became a Professor of Law at the University of Aix-en-Provence, and later moved to Lille (1920) and then to the University of Paris in 1929. He remained there until his retirement from teaching in 1960.
League of Nations
Cassin made a major scholarly contribution in the feild of equal rights for women, human rights, inheritance law as well as in several areas of civil and contract law. He lectured widely, visiting Africa, the Middle East and the Far East and also teaching at such institutions as the French National School of Overseas Territories, the Academy of International Law at The Hague, and the University Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva.
His interest and expertise in international law resulted in his appoitment as France's delegate to the League of Nations from 1924 to 1938, where he pressed for progress on disarmament and in developing institutions to aid the resolution of international conflicts.
French Government in Exile
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Cassin was one of the first Frenchmen to join General de Gaulle and the French government-in-exile in London, holding various ministerial portfolios and becoming one of de Gaulle's closest advisers. René Cassin was member of the central committee of the Human Rights League (LDH) during the Vichy period.
Human Rights and NGOs
Working from a draft composed by Canadian scholar and professor of law, John Humphries, he reduced the draft from 46 basic articles to 44. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as eventually adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December contained 30 human rights articles from the original draft. He served on the UN's Human Rights Commission and the Hague Court of Arbitration. He was also a member (1959-1965) and president (1965-1968) of the European Court of Human Rights. Today the court building is on the Rue René Cassin in Strasbourg.
Cassin also headed many Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), in 1918, for instance, founding the French Federation of Disabled War Veterans and until 1940 serving as its President and then Honorary President. In 1945, de Gaulle suggested Cassin, having done so much for the French people, also do something to help the Jewish people. Cassin turned to the Alliance Israelite Universelle, and, together with the American Jewish Committee and the Anglo-Jewish Association, founded the Consultative Council of Jewish Organisations, dedicated to providing encouragement from a Jewish perspective to the nascent UN human rights system. In 2001, CCJO René Cassin was founded to promote Universal Human Right from a Jewish perspective.
See also
- International Institute of Human Rights
- List of French Jews
External links
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Retrieved July 8, 2007.
ReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees
- Vallat, Francis Aimé. An Introduction to the Study of Human Rights: Based on a Series of Lectures Delivered at King's College, London in the Autumn of 1970. London: Europa Publications, 1972. ISBN 9780900362552
- Cassin, René, and Ralph Abraham Newman. Equity in the World's Legal Systems; A Comparative Study, Dedicated to René Cassin. Studies in jurisprudence, 1. Brussels: Établissements Émile Bruylant, 1973.
- Association pour la fidélité à la pensée de René Cassin. Actualité de la pensée de René Cassin: actes du colloque international, Paris, 14-15 novembre 1980. Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1981. ISBN 9782222029052
- Foulon, Charles-Louis. Le pouvoir en province à la libération: les commissaires de la République, 1943-1946. Travaux et recherches de science politique, no 32. Paris: A. Colin, 1975 ISBN 9782724603248
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