The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories controlled by other countries. — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor,… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance. — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever; it also applies to… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered active life - with… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
The exploitation of women, mass hunger, disregard for freedom of conscience and for freedom of speech, widespread and racial discrimination all these evils are… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end of one… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
