Why Rene Cassin Won The Nobel Peace Prize

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I, Cory Endrulat, nominate Rene Cassin for the Nobel Peace Prize due to his positivity and efforts during World War I and II, as well as being one of the driven brains of the United Nations making him the “Father of the Declaration of Human Rights”. Rene Cassin was born on October 5th, 1887 in Bayonne, France. He had what is mostly considered, “intellectual brilliance”, where in 1908 at the University of Aix-en-Provence, he received a degree in humanities and law. He would take first place in “competitive examination” by Law Faculty, followed by a doctorate in juridical, economic and political science in 1914. He made many contributions to many branches, in all types of education in his life and had many different careers such as “practitioner, …show more content…

He is an Anti-War Activist and Lawyer in his home country of France because he was one of the key members during the “Freeing of French Government in Exile” and even achieved the “United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights”. His excellence and effort stem from him even being on the verge of death in World War I, but still that never stopped him and his becoming part of so many organizations is also why he should get the Nobel Peace Prize. Without his efforts to bring human rights with his constant extensive writings, he would have not become at the rank he was, not to mention the people and veterans he has inspired in his career during very important …show more content…

With his high posts in the judiciaries of France, he was able to write and find the declaration he would be father to. He published many articles concerning human rights and wrote about many other topics which the people were also concerned about at the time. Not only in France was he highly ranked, he was highly ranked in the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg as president! With his knowledge, “his humanitarian instinct, and his belief in internationalism”, his work on human rights was to show and be admired among society. He was detrimental in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights as vice-chairman when it was created, and continued later on as well! He was primarily responsible for the Declaration of Human Rights, and somebody who works primarily on bringing peace deserves a Nobel Peace Prize especially when the United Nations role was also to do the same. Rene Cassin would be an inspiration for many future lawyers, especially the many people who work hard and extensively at their careers to bring

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