RENÉ CASSIN Jurist and political scientist; (b. Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 5 October 1887 – d. Paris, 20 February 1976)

university professor in Lille (1920–1929) and Paris (1929–1960); diplomat and minister of justice and education; president of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (1959–1968), Hague Court of Arbitration

Membership of SASA: Department of Social Sciences: foreign member from 27 April 1972

Awards and recognitions: Nobel Peace Prize (1968); United Nations Prize in the field of human rights, Order of Yugoslav banner with sash; Grand Cross, Legion of Honour; dr. h. c. of the universities of Oxford (1945); Mayenne (1963); Jerusalem (1968); Boston (1969)

Photograph: SANU F-565/1–2