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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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