| Accomplishments"It is strange how when unoccupied my mind tends to fix itself on some event or scene connected with Hampton. Thus tonight at dinner I happened to look at a picture on the wall which contained amongst other things a rowing boat. My mind began to picture "the boat" at Hampton and a whole series of other pictures connected with Hampton came up. And when I dream (no matter what about) the background is always Hampton." Diaries of John Humphrey
John Humphrey, 1905-1995
- wrote the first draft of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, 1947
- was the first Director of the UN Human Rights Division, 1946
- was the founding President of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, 1967
- was the founder of Amnesty International Canada, 1973
- became an Officer of the Order of Canada, 1974
- was founding President of the Canadian Chapter of the International Commission of Jurists
- was Director of the International League for Human Rights
- received 13 honourary doctorates from universities around the world
- was honoured by a stamp issued by Canada Post, 1998
- several national and international human rights awards bear his name
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