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John Peters Humphrey

John Peters Humphrey OC (April 30, 1905 – March 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He is most famous as the principal author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peters_Humphrey
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💬 Universal Declaration of Human Rights | אַלװעלטלעכע דעקלאַראַציע פֿון מענטשנרעכט | הַכְרָזָה לְכׇל בָּאֵי עוֹלָם בִּדְבַר זְכֻיוֹת הָאָדָם | Deklarasion Universal de Derechos Umanos (1948)

Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zackary Sholem Berger (translation), Refoyl Finkl (translation), Unknown (translation), Peng Chun Chang, Charles Malik, René Cassin, John Peters Humphrey, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English with its translations in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino. . . .

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