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	Canada World View - Issue 1 - Fall 1998 - Citizen of the world
		Humphrey was a great Canadian who worked tirelessly to promote and protect freedoms, which many of us take for granted," said John Cripton, Director and CEO of the National Arts Centre (NAC), in Ottawa, during the opening of a 1998 Festival Canada exhibition marking the life and times of this extraordinary Canadian.
		Humphrey was appointed Director of the United Nations Division of Human Rights.
		Humphrey, academic, humanitarian and international public servant, considered himself both a Canadian nationalist and a citizen of the world, and felt that these two beliefs were not incompatible.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /canada-magazine/issue01/1t5-en.asp (492 words)

	John Peters Humphrey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Peters Humphrey (April 30, 1905 – May 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate.
		Among his many honours, Professor Humphrey was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974, "in recognition of his contributions to legal scholarship and his world-wide reputation in the field of human rights".
		The John Peters Humphrey Model United Nations is held in his honour every May in Fredricton, New Brunswick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Peters_Humphrey (532 words)

	Humphrey, John Peters
		Humphrey, John Peters, lawyer, diplomat, scholar (b at Hampton, NB 30 Apr 1905; d at Montréal 14 Mar 1995).
		Humphrey was called to the Québec Bar in 1929 and entered the private practice of law before joining the Faculty of Law of McGill U in 1936, briefly becoming the dean a decade later.
		In 1946 he was appointed director of human rights for the UN Secretariat, where with the assistance of others he authored the original draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0003905 (264 words)

	Humphrey, John Peters
		A lawyer in Quebec, Humphrey joined the law faculty at McGill University in Montreal in 1936.
		Ten years later, when the United Nations was created, he became the director of human rights for the organization.
		Humphrey was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=J1ARTJ0003905 (152 words)

	John Peters Humphrey: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about John Peters Humphrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John Peters Humphrey, (1905 - 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist and human rights advocate.
		After consulting with the executive group of the Commission, which included Eleanor Roosevelt, Professor Humphrey prepared the first preliminary draft of what was to become the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
		Professor Humphrey retired from the U.N. in 1966 to resume his teaching career at McGill University.
	www.encyclopedian.com /jo/John-Peters-Humphrey.html (447 words)

	The Hampton John Peters Humphrey Foundation
		In its quest to establish a tangible presence of John Humphrey’s legacy in Hampton, the Foundation is working towards establishing a John Humphrey Interpretive Site in the centre of the town.
		A series of interpretive panels featuring Humphrey’s biography, the history and function of the UN and the story of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, will be strategically located along a network of footpaths linking the old Humphrey homestead, John Humphrey’s gravesite and the Credo Sculpture Project.
		Although the Credo Project continues to be a major focus for the Foundation, other important initiatives have remained on-going in heightening the profile of John Humphrey and his human rights legacy.
	johnhumphreyhampton.com /projects.shtml (574 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		ohn Peters Humphrey, born in Hampton, New Brunswick, and educated at Mount Allison and McGill Universities, played a primary role in the preparation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in its adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948.
		John Peters Humphrey, in 1948, was the Director of the Human Rights Division that created the code of human rights for the United Nations.
		When John Humphrey was appointed Director of the Human Rights Division of the Secretariat of the United Nations in 1946.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume4/114-117.htm (930 words)

	The Memory Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		EDMONTON - The late law professor John Humphrey may not be a household name in Canada but his huge accomplishment in international human rights makes him a hero in Marjorie Bowker's eyes.
		John Peters Humphrey, born in 1905 in New Brunswick, was among its significant postwar players.
		Humphrey retired from the United Nations in 1966 and rejoined the law faculty at McGill, where he continued to campaign for human rights until shortly before his death in 1995.
	www.thememoryproject.com /heroes_famous.cfm?ID=Bowker (391 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John P. Humphrey, principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was born in Hampton, New Brunswick in 1905.
		Humphrey continued to promote human rights both in Canada and internationally until his death in 1995 at the age of 89.
		John P. Humphrey was awarded an honorary degree from St. Thomas University in 1971 in recognition of the tremendous impact he has had on human rights around the world.
	www.stthomasu.ca /~ahrc/humphrey.html (216 words)

	Biography - Dr. John Peters Humphrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Humphrey graduated with his Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1925 and soon thereafter enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts programme because of a new passion – law and politics.
		It seems that Humphrey was, to some degree, a renaissance man. He would balance and connect his love of human rights, law and art in many profound ways.
		Laugier was impressed with Humphrey’s intellect, love of art and law and by the fact that he was fluent in French.
	grassroots.brunnet.net /hamptonhigh/human_rights/humphreybio.htm (855 words)

	Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John Hobbins is the historian at McGill University, thanks to whom the true role of Mr.
		Humphrey's draft was known as the Secretariat Outline and was a draft declaration.
		That may be part of the difference between Humphrey and Cassin - Cassin represented his country on the Human Rights Commission, Humphrey represented the UN Secretariat and his role was to facilitate the work of the Commission - not to advocate a particular point of view.
	www.values.ch /human_rights2.htm (2591 words)

	SF News - Nov. 4, 1999 - Library exhibit honours writer of human rights declaration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1988, John Hobbins, then acting law librarian of McGill University, uncovered Humphrey's original handwritten drafts dating from 1947, and six subsequent typed revisions, and later proved Humphrey was the author.
		Humphrey, a professor of law at McGill University, was invited to become director of the division of human rights at the United Nations in 1946.
		The exhibition is produced by McGill University archives, the repository for the Humphrey papers and is presented by SFU, the Loka Gakkai International Association of Canada and the Vancouver region of the United Nations Association.
	www.sfu.ca /mediapr/sfnews/1999/nov4/humphrey.html (353 words)

	BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ABOUT JOHN P
		Deals with Humphrey's work at the UN to develop the Option Protocol to the Covenant on civil/political rights (allowing individuals to take their own country to the UN for violations) and ECOSOC Resolution 1503 (allowing individuals to take other countries to task for violations).
		Humphrey was one of seven Commissioners dealing with a case alleging genocide brought against the Soviet Union by the World Congress of Free Ukrainians in the late 1980s.
		"John Humphrey's schooldays: the influence of a private school education on the Canadian who drafted of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." McGill Journal of Education.
	www.economics.uwaterloo.ca /needhdata/humphreybibl.html (2076 words)

	John Peters Humphrey -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On the night of December 10, 1948, the (The supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations) General Assembly unanimously adopted the Declaration, dubbed by Mrs.
		He worked in areas incluidng (A right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution) freedom of the press, status of women, and (Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race) racial discrimination.
		Among his many honours, Professor Humphrey was made an Officer of the (Click link for more info and facts about Order of Canada) Order of Canada in 1974, "in recognition of his contributions to legal scholarship and his world-wide reputation in the field of human rights".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Jo/John_Peters_Humphrey.htm (536 words)

	Tirage Art Gallery: John Creech - Plein Air Fine Art Paintings, Pastels, Watercolor, and Sculpture
		John Creech's art signals the turning point of the great American migration west Ð from the rural landscapes of the Ozarks to the nearly forgotten landmarks of Route 66.
		Mirroring this journey, Creech's early career began in Kansas City, where as a young artist he received a scholarship in fine arts to the prestigious Kansas City Art Institute.
		California museum exhibitions include: the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University, the Pasadena Museum of History, and the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
	www.tirageart.com /artists/creech.shtml (220 words)

	St.John's - Grassroots // 2004 _John Humphrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was John Peters Humphrey, a Canadian born in the village of Hampton, New Brunswick.
		Humphrey became Director of the Human Rights Division in the UN Secretariat and was given the task of drafting the Declaration.
		Humphrey stayed with the United Nations for 20 years, overseeing the implementation of 67 international conventions and the constitutions of dozens of countries.
	st-john.scdsb.edu.on.ca /stjohngrassroots/john.htm (466 words)

	Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The underlying reason for this fundamental similarity between the ECHR and the Charter lies in the fact that the Canadian Charter and the European Convention are both inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
		A key drafter of both the Universal Declaration and the Canadian Charter was Professor John Peters Humphrey, the Canadian human rights expert and first Director of the United Nations Human Rights Division.
		It is because of this similarity with European Human Rights law that the Supreme Court of Canada turns not only to the Constitution of the United States case law but also the European Court of Human Rights cases in interpreting the Charter.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/canadian_charter_of_rights_and_freedoms.html (1114 words)

	John Humphrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The new document he envisioned, one which would entitle all citizens of the world to the same rights regardless of nationality, race, sex, language, age or physical and mental abilities, would become more powerful than sovereign heads of state and would contradict many cultural traditions but for liberty and equality some things are necessary.
		Yet, a modest man, Humphrey denied much of the recognition he was due, claiming that thousands of people had their role in its writing.
		Humphrey is the founder of Amnesty International's Canadian chapter and founder of the Canadian Federation of Human Rights along with other works in international efforts to assure that human rights are protected such as his enquiry in the Philippines on the possibility of human rights violations by the Marcos government.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/86870 (502 words)

	Human Rights Program
		Humphrey, John Peters (1905-1995), O.C., lawyer, diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
		Humphrey was part of the team that launched Amnesty International Canada, and, with colleagues from McGill, was instrumental in creating the Canadian Human Rights Foundation.
		Humphrey was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974, "In recognition of his contributions to legal scholarship and his world-wide reputation in the field of human rights".
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/pdp-hrp/humphrey/index_e.cfm (207 words)

	Citoyen du monde
		John Peters Humphrey plaide résolument la cause des hommes et des femmes et dresse la première ébauche de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme.
		John Humphrey uvre à l'ONU pendant 20 ans.
		John Peters Humphrey a multiplié les efforts pour la cause des réfugiés, des personnes sans statut et des minorités à travers le monde.
	www.barreau.qc.ca /journal/vol32/no20/humphrey.html (980 words)

	Book Review
		Though the name of John Peters Humphrey is not well known outside his native Canada, he was one of the twentieth century’s most influential international lawyers.
		Humphrey was firmly grounded in both civil and common law and fluent in French and English.
		Humphrey’s impressions of the famous and near-famous characters he encountered in his work and travels also make for interesting reading, even though he seems to have had no taste for gossip whatsover.
	www.law.harvard.edu /students/orgs/hrj/iss14/glendon.shtml (2856 words)

	John Humphrey - Canadian History
		He briefly served as the Faculty's dean before being appointed director of the UN Secretariat's Human Rights Division in 1946, where he was the principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
		Humphrey would remain with the United Nations for the next twenty years.
		An ardent internationalist, John P. Humphrey was also a proponent of pan-Americanism.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/bios/johnhumphrey.htm (139 words)

	MA's Stamp Album - Canada - John Humphrey
		The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written by John Peters Humphrey, a Canadian born in the village of Hampton, New Brunswick.
		More recently, however, researchers uncovered Humphrey's draft, typed with his hand-written notations and he was subsequently honoured with a UN Human Rights Prize.
		Humphrey worked with the UN for 20 years, overseeing the implementation of 67 international conventions and the constitutions of dozens of countries.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /verona/643/981007e.htm (581 words)

	Famous, Should Be Famous, and Infamous Canadians: John Peters Humphrey
		However, in 1988, while researchers were going through papers at McGill University, the original handwritten draft was discovered and John Peters Humphrey would finally get the recognition he deserved.
		John Peters Humphrey grew up in New Brunswick and had more than his share of tragedies at a young age.
		Humphrey worked at the UN until 1966 when he returned to teaching at McGill.
	www.famouscanadians.net /name/h/humphreyjohnpeters.php (374 words)

	Human Rights and Wrongs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		VII No 5, 1998: "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written by John Peters Humphrey, a Canadian born in...
		Humphrey became Director of the Human Rights Division in the UN Secretariat and was tasked with drafting the Declaration.
		Hobbins is the literary executor of John Peters Humphrey.
	www.values.ch /human_rights4.htm (708 words)

	McGill University Faculty of Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They wanted their work rewarded with a legal degree, before that lawyers in Quebec did not have to have a legal degree beyond their five year apprenticeships to be called to the bar.
		Prominent Faculty members have included constitutional specialist and civil libertarian F.R. Scott, and John Peters Humphrey, the founding Director of the United Nations Human Rights division and author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948.
		By 1867, there were 110 McGill law graduates working across the country, including two future Prime Ministers - Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott and Sir Wilfrid Laurier - and Father of Confederation Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of only two Canadians ever assassinated while in office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McGill_University_Faculty_of_Law (746 words)

	[NGHILUAN] Re: [MeVietNam] TAC GIA TUYEN NGON NHAN QUYEN UNICODE UTF-8 & VNI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Thaân phuï qua ñôøi naêm Humphrey leân moät vaø thaân maãu taï theá luùc oâng möôøi moät tuoåi.
		Khoâng chòu ngoài yeân vôùi caûnh taøn taät, Humphrey ñaõ theo ñuoåi vieäc hoïc haønh taïi Ñaïi Hoïc Mount Allison ôû Sackville, NB, roài taïi Ñaïi Hoïc McGill ôû Montreal.
		Humphrey qua ñôøi taïi Montreal naêm 1995.Thaùng 10 naêm 1998, Böu chính Canada phaùt haønh böu hoa Humphrey ñeå vinh danh taùc giaû baûn Tuyeân Ngoân Quoác Teá Nhaân Quyeàn, ngöôøi ñaõ troïn ñôøi daán thaân vaøo coâng cuoäc tranh ñaáu cho haïnh phuùc vaø an vui cuûa loaøi ngöôøi.
	www.vietpage.com /archive_news/politics/2003/Dec/11/0008.html (1531 words)

	McGill Journal of Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John Peters Humphrey prepared the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was, for decades, one of the world’s premier human rights advocates and activists.
		Humphrey’s difficult early life had given him unusual insights into suffering, powerlessness and the nature of human dignity.
		John Peters Humphrey a rédigé la première version de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme et pendant des dizaines d’années a été l’un des plus grands défenseurs et activistes des droits de l’homme dans le monde.
	mje.mcgill.ca /content/37.2/abstracts.html (2033 words)

	Encyclopedia: John Peters Humphrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Peters-Humphrey (1536 words)

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