| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Number: | 4 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | René-Samuel Cassin |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1887 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | Member of the UN Human Rights Commission, delegate to the General Assembly. |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1968 |
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| Motivation: | Cassin was nominated for his contribution to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Viscount Cecil of Chelwood |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1864 |
| Year, Death: | 1958 |
| Profession: | Member of the British parliament (House of Lords). Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1937. |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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| Comments: |
Lord Cecil of Chelwood suggested a prize divided between Cassin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt was chairman of the Human Rights Commission and Cassin was vice-chairman. |
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