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René Cassin
Sign in to saveAlso known as René-Samuel Cassin, Rene Cassin, Rene-Samuel Cassin, René Samuel Cassin
French jurist (1887-1976)
Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Peace Prize1968
“for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bayonne
- Place of death
- 13th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- University of Lille
- Political party
- Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Notable work
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- René Cassin nobel.jpg
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- Commons category
- René Cassin
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1887-10-05
- date of death
- 1976-02-20
- Commons gallery
- René Cassin
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- birth name
- Samuel René Cassin
- writing language
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
René Samuel Cassin (5 October 1887 – 20 February 1976) was a French jurist known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Born in Bayonne, Cassin served as a soldier in the First World War during which he was seriously wounded. He was of Portuguese-Jewish descent.
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