translate English to French: Adopted by the United Nations in 1948, the Universal declaration sets out the basic rights to which all human beings are entitled and has since become a kind of "Magna Carta" of Human Kind.
De fait, un Canadien, M. John Humphrey, a ete I’un des architectes de la Dklaration universe//e c/es droits de I’homme, adoptee par les Nations Unies en 1948.