"How is it that, once victory took form……" — 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 promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal?"
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Rene Cassin
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And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by…
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As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply…
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The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities…
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As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in…
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The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of…
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I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered…
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The exploitation of women, mass hunger, disregard for freedom of conscience and for freedom of speech, widespread and racial discrimination…
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As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself…
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In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at…
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Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects…
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The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened…
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The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever;…
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