International Human Rights Day, celebrated each year throughout the world, is an opportunity tothe world, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsHuman Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948. Our two Foundations are […]
The René Cassin Foundation has learned with emotion of the death of Ms. Anne-Catherine Fortas, winner of the 2014 René Cassin Thesis Prize. In consultation with his colleagues and with the agreement and support of Editions Pedone, his thesis on “Monitoring the execution of judgments […]
28 July marked the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Ratified by 145 states parties, this key international treaty defines the term “refugee” and sets out the rights of uprooted people, as well as the legal obligations of states […]