"The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is……" — 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 all territories, whatever their economic or political regime."
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Rene Cassin
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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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The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened…
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