Background
HUMPHREY, John was born on April 30, 1905 in Hampton, New Brunswick. Son of Frank M. Humphrey and Nellie Peters.
international official and university professor
HUMPHREY, John was born on April 30, 1905 in Hampton, New Brunswick. Son of Frank M. Humphrey and Nellie Peters.
Rothesay College, Mount Allison University, McGill University and University de Paris.
Lecturer in Roman Law, McGill University 1936, Secretary of Law Faculty 1937-1946, Gale Professor, of Roman Law" and Dean of Law Faculty 1946, Professor, of Law and Political Science 1966-1971. Visiting Professor, Law Faculty, University of Toronto 1971-1972, University of Western Ontario 1981-1982. Inaugural Lecturer John Humphrey Lectureship on Human Rights, McGill University 1988.
Carnegie Fellow in Institute Law, Paris 1936-1937.
Director Division of Human Rights, United Nations Secretary 1946-1966. Executive Secretary United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information 1948, Refugees 1951, Status of Stateless Persons 1954, Slavery Conference 1956.
Principal Secretary United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to South. Viet-Nam 1963. National President United Nations Association in Canada 1968-1970, Honorary Vice President 1967-1968, Honorary President Montreal Branch 1966-1968, President 1945-1946.
Chairman 1970; Rapporteur, Committee on Human Rights, Institute Law Association 1966-1978.
President Canadian Commission, Institute Year for Human Rights 1968. President Institute Commission, of Jurists. President Emeritus Canadian Foundation for Human Rights, founding President Amnesty Institute (Canada).
President United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference on Human Rights Teaching, Malta 1987.
United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 1966. And past; Royal Commission, on Status of Women in Canada, Canadian Council of Institute Law", Institute Law Association, Canadian Institute of Institute Affairs. Board of directors Institute League for Human Rights.
Conseil d’Administration Society Quebecoise de Droit Institute.
Union of Bulgarian Lawyers, Association. Board of Trustees, Atwater Institute.
Institute Commission, of Inquiry into the 1932-1933 Famine in Ukraine.
Married 1st Jeanne Godreau in 1929, 2nd Margaret Kunstler in 1981.