The John Peters Humphrey archive added to the Canada Memory of the World Register

claire.loewen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:03:21 +0000

To mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948), 91�� and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are pleased to announce the addition of the archives of John Peters Humphrey to the Canada Memory of the World Register.

This archive includes the first handwritten draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as typed subsequent versions written by Humphrey (1905-1995), Canadian law professor and human rights advocate.